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In light of the recent Crowdstrike crash revealing how weak points in IT infrastructure can have wide ranging effects, I figured this might be an interesting one.

The entirety of wikipedia is periodically uploaded here, along with many other useful wikis and How To websites (ex. iFixit tutorials and WikiHow): https://download.kiwix.org/zim

You select the archive you want, then the language and archive version (for example, you can get an archive with no pictures, to save on space). For the totality of the english wikipedia you'd select the "wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim"

The archives are packed as .zim files, which can be read with the Kiwix app completely offline.

I have several USBs I keep that have some of these archives along with the app installer. In the event of some major catastrophe I'd at least be able to access some potentially useful information. I have no stake in Kiwix, and don't know if there are other alternative apps and schemes, just thought it was neat.

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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago

Aside from the text clarification, this is also only the US version of Wikipedia.

What worries me though is that most videos linked on Wikipedia are hosted on YouTube. That’s a pretty dangerous choke point.

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You mean the English version? There is no US version, thank god.

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 53 points 1 month ago
[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Simple wikipedia is the greatest gift the internet has given us and having it associated with the greatest country on earth makes me the proudman.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

Videos aren't an essential part of an encyclopedia.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 17 points 1 month ago

Ten year old me would beg to differ.

Videos turned Encarta 95 from being an encyclopedia to the encyclopedia!

I jest - a multimedia experience helps but I agree that the text knowledge is the big draw.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

The real ones remember wandering around that damn maze answering questions while managing limited torches to see the map.

[-] Greg@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I remember watching the hand of God goal in the library many times using Encarta 95

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I liked to look at the genitals of everyone possible

Thank you encarta

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I never even noticed any videos on Wikipedia. Maybe for some cinema articles.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

My brain immediately thought archive.org but after the last incident, I kinda feel like archive org is going to get lawsuited into oblivion

[-] whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I tried searching but found nothing. What incident?

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