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Update on Wikimedia "offline" project

As mentioned in the latest WMF Engineering Update (see previous Signpost coverage), Foundation developers have been working on a project to improve the availability of "offline" versions of Wikimedia content. These versions would enable readers to access the collective information of Wikipedia and its sister projects even in areas with non-existent or poor internet coverage, including India, which was recently visited by some of the Tech team. This week developer Tomas Fincz posted an update on progress with the project (Wikimedia Techblog, adapted slightly):

In brief

Not all fixes may have gone live to WMF sites at the time of writing; some may not be scheduled to go live for many weeks.


















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