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Displays all articles from Wikipedia without an internet connection. Download a complete, recent copy of English Wikipedia. Display 5.2+ million articles in full HTML formatting. Show images within an article. Access 3.7+ million images using the offline image databases.
Put the copy in folder C:\wiki (another drive letter is also possible, but wiki should not be a sub-folder) and do not use any file name extension. This way the links work. This way the links work. One inconvenient aspect is that you cannot open a file in a folder listing by clicking on it, because of the lack of a file name extension.
Browse to the page you want to download. Make sure you have Desktop view selected. Mobile devices which default to the Mobile view do not display the required options; to switch to Desktop view, scroll to the bottom of the page and select Desktop. In the top navigation bar, under the Page name, select the Tools drop-down menu.
Language links are at the top of the page across from the title.
What links here; Upload file; Special pages; Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL; Download QR code
OAI-PMH contains a wrapper format around the actual exported articles. Use the Python Wikipedia Robot Framework. This won't be explained here. By default only the current version of a page is included. Optionally you can get all versions with date, time, user name and edit summary. Additionally you can copy the SQL database.
If you want to import many articles, it is usually a good idea to ask first if the material is appropriate for Wikipedia, for example, on Wikipedia:Village pump. If there is a very high number of articles, you may also want to consider writing or using a bot (i.e. a script) to import them; see Wikipedia:Bots for guidelines. Over 30,000 articles ...
The Wayback Machine is a service which can be used to cite archived copies of web pages used by articles. This is useful if a web page has changed, moved, or disappeared; links to the original content can be retained.