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;Abstract: Internet-in-a-Box seeks to provide a device with software which creates a [[:d:Q334765|Wi-Fi hotspot]] that offers [[:d:Q139859|closed platform]] access to Wikimedia content. In practice, this means that users who are physically in the hotspot can connect to the device by Wi-Fi and access or download Wikimedia content. The Internet-in-a-Box is not intended to further connect users to Internet access or content beyond what is presented in the Internet-in-a-Box itself. This presentation will review the history of offline Wikipedia services and present this current attempt to succeed in delivering Wikimedia content to users who cannot access it online. |
;Abstract: Internet-in-a-Box seeks to provide a device with software which creates a [[:d:Q334765|Wi-Fi hotspot]] that offers [[:d:Q139859|closed platform]] access to Wikimedia content. In practice, this means that users who are physically in the hotspot can connect to the device by Wi-Fi and access or download Wikimedia content. The Internet-in-a-Box is not intended to further connect users to Internet access or content beyond what is presented in the Internet-in-a-Box itself. This presentation will review the history of offline Wikipedia services and present this current attempt to succeed in delivering Wikimedia content to users who cannot access it online. |
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Revision as of 06:46, 1 September 2016
- Title
- Wikipedia-in-a-Box
- Theme
- outreach
- Type of submission
- presentation
- Author
- various, including Stéphane Coillet-Matillon, Jorge Vargas, Adam Holt, and Tim Moody
- E-mail address
- stephane@kiwix.org
- Username
- m:user:Stephane (WMCH)
- Affiliation
- various, including Unleash Kids and Wikimedia CH
- Abstract
- Internet-in-a-Box seeks to provide a device with software which creates a Wi-Fi hotspot that offers closed platform access to Wikimedia content. In practice, this means that users who are physically in the hotspot can connect to the device by Wi-Fi and access or download Wikimedia content. The Internet-in-a-Box is not intended to further connect users to Internet access or content beyond what is presented in the Internet-in-a-Box itself. This presentation will review the history of offline Wikipedia services and present this current attempt to succeed in delivering Wikimedia content to users who cannot access it online.
- Length of presentation
- 30 minutes
- Special schedule requests
- Preferred room size
- Will you attend WikiConference North America if your submission is not accepted?
Interested attendees
If you are interested in attending this session, please sign with your username below. This will help reviewers to decide which sessions are of high interest. Sign with four tildes. (~~~~).