[Foundation-l] Re: Hosting scans of the 1911 Britannica onWikimedia

Wed Nov 9 16:08:25 UTC 2005

Ah, I see what you're saying. Makes sense. I was thinking of it more as raw
data to be used in other projects but I suppose the images could be useful
in themselves.
 On 11/9/05, Brian <brian0918 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I agree that it should be easily downloadable, so maybe a torrent
> could be set up as well, I don't know. But the main option for now
> should be to display the images. Since every page is indexed properly,
> people won't have to search around trying to find the right page. If
> they can spell what they're looking for, the exact page can be found
> immediately. This is ideal for people with slower connections.
>
>
> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>
> >On 11/9/05, Brian <brian0918 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Each volume is about 150-200MB. I don't see too many people lining up to
> >>download that much just to get one specific illustration they want to
> >>add to a Wikipedia article. We're trying to make the encyclopedia not
> >>only freely available, but easily accessible. Bittorrent or any such
> >>middle-man is just another easily-avoidable layer of difficulty for the
> >>end-user.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I don't see too many people downloading it either, as long as it's still
> in
> >image form. I just think bittorrent would make it easier to download for
> >those who do want to download it. It'd be nice if the database dumps were
> >available this way as well.
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