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  <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>App/Import/English Wikipedia</span></h1>
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    <div id="siteSub">From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application</div>
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          <a href="#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a>
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          <a href="#Quick_start"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Quick start</span></a> 
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              <a href="#Articles"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Articles</span></a> 
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                  <a href="#Download_pre-built_wikis_from_archive.org"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Download pre-built wikis from archive.org</span></a>
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                  <a href="#Build_wikis_using_the_database_dumps_at_wikimedia.org"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Build wikis using the database dumps at wikimedia.org</span></a>
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              <a href="#Images"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Images</span></a>
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          <a href="#Detailed_start"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Detailed start</span></a>
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    <h2>
      <span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span>
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      English Wikipedia has a lot of data. There are over 16 million pages with 25 GB of text, as well as 5 million images.
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      Setting all this up on your computer will not be a quick process. As a general estimate, you will need at least 30 GB and 5 hours processing time. If you want images as well, the numbers increase to 100 GB of disk space and 30+ hours of processing time. However, when you are done, you will have a complete, recent copy of English Wikipedia with images that can fit on a 128 GB SD card.
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      Although the process itself is not hard, I <b>strongly recommend</b> that you try Simple Wikipedia first. Simple Wikipedia has 180,000 pages and 90,000 images. The text version uses 200 MB and sets up in 5 minutes. With images, this expands to 2 GB and 30 minutes of downloading time. Simple Wikipedia is a reasonably accurate simulation of English Wikipedia -- just much smaller. It'll also give you a pretty good idea of what XOWA can do.
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      <span class="mw-headline" id="Quick_start">Quick start</span>
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      <span class="mw-headline" id="Articles">Articles</span>
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      There are two approaches:
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        Download pre-built wikis from archive.org
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        Build wikis using the database dumps at wikimedia.org
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      <span class="mw-headline" id="Download_pre-built_wikis_from_archive.org">Download pre-built wikis from archive.org</span>
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        Go to <code>Special:XowaDownloadCentral</code> from the URL bar within XOWA. You can also do Main Menu -&gt; Tools -&gt; Download Central
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        In the <b>Available</b> table, add the task names that start off with <code>English Wikipedia - Articles</code>
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        In the <b>Queue</b> table, click the Play button
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        Wait for the Queue to process. When it is done, enter the wiki URL in the bar. For example, <code>en.wikipedia.org</code>
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      <span class="mw-headline" id="Build_wikis_using_the_database_dumps_at_wikimedia.org">Build wikis using the database dumps at wikimedia.org</span>
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        Go to <a href="/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Online" id="xolnki_2" title="Dashboard/Import/Online">Dashboard/Import/Online</a>
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        Find <code>en.wikipedia.org</code> in the list
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        Click the <code>download</code> link.
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        Wait for the wiki to build. When it is done, it will automatically load the Main Page
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      <span class="mw-headline" id="Images">Images</span>
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        Go to <code>Special:XowaDownloadCentral</code> from the URL bar within XOWA. You can also do Main Menu -&gt; Tools -&gt; Download Central
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        In the <b>Available</b> table, add the task names that start off with <code>English Wikipedia - Images</code> and <code>English Wikipedia - Image Update</code>
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        In the <b>Queue</b> table, click the Play button
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        Wait for the Queue to process. When it is done, enter any page in the bar. For example, <code>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth</code>
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      <span class="mw-headline" id="Detailed_start">Detailed start</span>
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      See <a href="/wiki/Wiki_setup/English_wikis" id="xolnki_3" title="Wiki setup/English wikis">Wiki_setup/English_wikis</a>
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