You can also get it as a .zim file for easy offline browsing with Kiwix.
The whole enchilada: https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_all_ma...
Other versions: https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia
The whole enchilada: https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_all_ma...
Other versions: https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia
I haven't looked for documentation on creating my own zim file.
We are working hard toward upgrading the Wikipedia ZIMs, but it is far from being an easy feat. I'm mostly solo on this, and far from dedicating 100% of my time to this, so it does not move very fast. We are quite close to being able to reach the goal however, probably only a matter of weeks now.
Bonus: the tool will now get pretty good at making a ZIM of any Mediawiki, not only Wikimedia ones, we expect for instance to work on all Fandom wikis somewhere this year since there is significant knowledge over there.
Is there any specific help you need, or where could folks get involved if they wanted to?
This comment was downvoted and instead, it'd better merit a comment as to "why" it wasn't contributing to the discussion?
I didn't downvote the comment, but it's not an incredibly deep contribution, is it?
If you really wish to contribute, perhaps you can say what the "'essentials' text version" contained and why you found it interesting?