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The '''ZIM Autobuild''' is a software and infrastrucure project which has for purpose to build more and more efficiently ZIM files of the [http://www.wikimedia.org Wikimedia projects]. | |||
== Introduction == | |||
Kiwix is well established by now, there are more and more users/downloads and we know that users are really satisfied. It's accepted as the reference software to read ZIM files and does more or less everything what people expect from such a software. In comparison, the offered content is still too small. I manually prepare full Wikipedia ZIM files with pictures in about 25 languages. This is the right moment, to fix that problem. | |||
* | This project has for purpose to provide a solution with following properties: | ||
** | * Fully automatic | ||
** | * Web configurable/manageable | ||
* able to build full or partial (only a selection of articles) ZIM files of WMF projects | |||
* able to tweak the content by removing/modifying categories, templates, articles | |||
* able to compute full ZIM files with pictures for at least the 50 largest Wikipedia (except English) | |||
* able to compute full ZIM files without pictures for most of the WMF projects | |||
* Able to provide Sugar .xo packages including content + Kiwix (developed in the B&W scope) | |||
== Workpages == | |||
** | Here are the three parts of the project: | ||
** | * Reimbursement of the server (~6500 CHF) | ||
* Payment of a professional hosting in Zurich (~4500 CHF *over two years*) (see [[/housing]]) | |||
* One month of code development ([[User:Kelson|Kelson]]) will do on a volunteer base | |||
== Financing == | |||
This project is granted by '''[http://www.wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH (Switzerland)] | |||
* | == Timeline == | ||
* End of June: Server in Datacenter | |||
* End of August: first automatic version running | |||
* | * End of September: end of the project | ||
* | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[/grant_request|The grant request]] | * [[/grant_request|The grant request]] | ||