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== CD or DVD release? ==

Hello

I'm just wondering if you guys plan on releasing Wikipedia on CD or DVD, I'm sure thousands of people would buy or download copies. I'm surprised this is not in the FAQ.

Also, what about wikipedia for use in schools, though I'm sure censorship (or even flagging articles as having adult content) is a debate sparking topic.
Here in the UK I doubt there would be any problem with adult content reaching kids that are over 15 years old. I'll happily copy hundreds of wikipedia CDs and send them to each school, college and university in the UK, not only in the name of educating the children of my country, but also to bring the knowledge of teachers to the wiki.
The majority of teachers love teaching, which is not much different from writing public texts on their favourite subjects. Science, photography and art students could provide much needed GPL'd pictures. But it has downsides, like vandalism.

Any thoughts on this?

Bitplane

:We're actually looking at both a CD release (I believe, though it might be DVD) as well as a paper edition. Needless to say, this will entail a significant change from current procedure; see [[User:Jimbo Wales/Pushing To 1.0]] for a quick summary, or sign up for [[Wikipedia:Mailing lists]]. Best wishes, [[User:Meelar|[[User:Meelar|Meelar]] [[User talk:Meelar|(talk)]]]] 13:57, 2004 Jul 28 (UTC)

:P.S. You can sign your name on talk pages with 4 tildes, like this: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>

::Thanks for the quick reply :-)
::I didn't even think about the legal problems with selling the wiki, thanks for the info. I don't agree with the idea of a paper version though, Wikipedia's strength is that it can be massive with many many cross linking pages. The youth of today know the power of search engines and hyperlinks, paper indecies are laughable already, and won't even be funny in five years time.
:: Thanks again [[User:Bitplane|Bitplane]] 15:19, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

:::No problem. The reason to do a paper version is to achieve greater penetration. Jimbo's goal, AFAICT, is to distribute this paper version to schools in the [[third world]], free of charge; it's a charitable thing. Best wishes, [[User:Meelar|[[User:Meelar|Meelar]] [[User talk:Meelar|(talk)]]]] 15:29, 2004 Jul 28 (UTC)