مستخدم:باسم الجركس/قالب موقع مولان

من ويكيبيديا، الموسوعة الحرة

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What is moulin?

moulin, French for windmill, is our attempt to improve the access to basic information and reference material in developing countries by making it possible to access Wikipedia, the world’s largest, free encylopedia, offline.

Basically, moulin is a fully interactive, offline version of the entire Wikipedia (without pictures) on a CD!

The initial French version consists of the entire French Wikipedia: 404,903 articles all fitting on an ISO 554MBs big.

Why? Most people in the developing world live without access to the basic reference tools that can be used to enrich life. For the price of a CD-ROM and access to a computer the benefit of Wikipedia can now be shared. Our Mission

Our primary mission with moulin is three fold:

  1. To continue to develop and make available an offline version of Wikipedia (updated periodically) that can fit on a CD or DVD. While we are initially releasing a French version, we hope to follow it up with English, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese and German versions in the near future.
  2. To get moulin distributed to people living in the developing world who do not have access to the information and reference material that we take for granted.
  3. Develop methods to help facilitate contributions to Wikipedia from people who live offline around the world in order to make Wikipedia more complete and globally representative.

Current state of the project

Please check with our newly added blog for the most recent updates on this project.

We have released a beta version of the moulin in French which we have begun distributing with select partners in Mali. We are currently hard at work at an improved version of moulin which he hope to release in the next 30 days. Please check our blog for more details.

A burnable ISO of moulin is now available for those with Internet access to download. So please feel free to download and begin sharing! Who are we?

The moulin project was started by IESC Geekcorps Mali with funding provided by USAID.

Our primary focus is getting the French version released so it can start being distributed across West Africa, the region in which we work.

We are seeking implementation partners and native Spanish, Portugese, German and Chinese speakers who can help us with the release of those versions. If you are interested in helping or helping to distribute our product please contact us.