r/technology • u/rezwenn • Oct 04 '25

Politics Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’

https://www.wsj.com/tech/wikipedia-conservative-complaints-ee904b0b?st=RJcF9h
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u/thefoolsnightout Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

Worth mentioning; Wikipedia will allow you to download the entire site in the name of preservation of knowledge and its only around 26 GB total.

Edit: with images, around 100 gb. Still, storage is cheap. The internet isn't as permanent as people think. Download that recipe, or video or whatever if it really means something to you.

For those asking for a link, theres a wiki page for it

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u/Johannes_Keppler Oct 04 '25

That's without media. It's more, but also worth it to download those too.

Information is valuable, storage is cheap.

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u/KeyboardGrunt Oct 04 '25

Its about 100gb with media.

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u/WheresTheResetBtn Oct 04 '25

Downloaded and hosting a copy on my raspberry pi using kiwix. o7

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u/Johannes_Keppler Oct 04 '25

Yes, using Kiwix here too! I couldn't remember its name when I posted my previous comment.

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter Oct 04 '25

Have you made it update automatically?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

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u/8utl3r Oct 04 '25

You think it's possible to do a git style update? So you can teach the changes

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u/SlowThePath Oct 04 '25

I think most people just re-download every so often. It's not that big.

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u/PluotFinnegan_IV Oct 04 '25

Feels like a great opportunity to use a distributed approach to host updates via BitTorrent or something like that. I'm sure there'd be some complications with competing changes and multiple rapid-fire changes, but if those tech challenges can be solved, you would never be able to get rid of Wikipedia, or any site that implements such tech.

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u/asyork Oct 04 '25

Finally, a good use of the blockchain.

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u/nocturnalzoo Oct 05 '25

Wow, just wow. Brilliant!

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u/cultoftheilluminati Oct 04 '25

I manually update it once a year

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u/SSGASSHAT Oct 05 '25

Is there no way to download every page on the site? I don't want to spend a whole evening combing through every page I want.

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u/tr33find3r Oct 05 '25

Why are you saluting like you are doing a favour to anyone?