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Wikipedia Releases Offline CD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the vandalize-to-your-hearts-content dept.

An anonymous reader writes "WikipediaOnDVD, with cooperation with the Wikipedia community, has released its first offline test version. The articles were selected by Wikipedians and reviewed for accuracy, vandalism, and importance. Nearly 2,000 core Wikipedia articles will be sold on compact disc to give people without a net connection access to highlights of the popular web resource. The CD can be purchased or downloaded online via their site or the torrent."

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  1. yet more wiki true colors appear by owlnation · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So... (of course, I will get modded down for this...doesn't make it less true)

    I, for one, have never doubted that Wikipedia has a different motive from their stated objectives. Here you see further evidence of their "altruism".

    To those of you who contributed to Wikipedia - did you expect that your work would be exploited for commercial gain, while you yourself will get nothing but nice karma. Oh, and incidentally this isn't this first time Wikipedia content has been sold - they've been flogging it to a variety of websites for many months now.

    Wikipedia is a manipulative insidious organisation that's poisoning truth for profit. That's not a tin foil hat based statement. There's plenty of evidence.