is it possible to download the entire wikipedia encyclopedia?

Question

is it possible to download the entire wikipedia encyclopedia?

Answer 1

English Wikipedia dumps: http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/

French Wikipedia dumps: http://download.wikimedia.org/frwiki/

German Wikipedia dumps: http://download.wikimedia.org/dewiki/

Answer 2

you would need alot of hard drive space to download wikipedia. why would you want to? wikipedia can be accessed and the text can be changed . Basically you could receive false information.

Answer 3

Yep, right here:

http://static.wikipedia.org/



... although it's not entirely recommended. One of the strengths of Wikipedia is that it's constantly updated.

Answer 4

There's one way, but it takes an awful lot of space. Using Adobe Acrobat (full, not reader) you select "convert URL to PDF" and set it up to "entire web site". Then go on vacation for the weekend, It also takes time.

Answer 5

Yep, the download links above work just fine.



Just be warned, it's hell to parse... not sure what you want to do with it.

Answer 6

it's a website, and there are probably millions of entries. you'd need a lot of space on your hard drive to do that. it would also take a lot of time.