2015-08-28 21:09 GMT+02:00 James Alexander <[email protected]>:
> I actually think it likely is "roughly" correct, I'm looking it up now, > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia we said it was > 10 Trillion in 2013 and we've grown quite a lot since then. > > I checked the latest dump, it is 22 GB compressed, so 24 trillions bytes in text is possible. /Jan > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I agree Jan. I think its best not use that in direct copy. >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I think it would be worth cross checking wth analytics if 24 trillion >>> bytes is correct. It sounds a lot to me. >>> >>> >>> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* >>> >>> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> >>> 0729 - 67 29 48 >>> >>> >>> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >>> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* >>> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> >>> >>> >>> 2015-08-28 21:01 GMT+02:00 Michael Guss <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Arghhhhhh!!! It is Hank! >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Joe Sutherland < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's Hank, not John!! :) @hankgreen >>>>> >>>>> Comments below :) >>>>> >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>>> On 28 August 2015 at 19:54, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> YouTube personalities, the "Vlogbrothers", have a video of how one >>>>>> could encode and decode all of English Wikipedia onto a QR code. It's >>>>>> fantastic! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> t: Could you get all of English Wikipedia by scanning one QR code? >>>>>> Vlogbro @johngreen finds out. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> @hankgreen :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> t: How large would a QR code need to be to scan all 24 trillion bytes >>>>>> of English Wikipedia? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I like this, needs a "the" before "English" though. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> t: Vlogbrother @johngreen does the math of how to fit English >>>>>> Wikipedia – on a QR code? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Again, @hankgreen :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> F/G: How big would the QR code need to be to fit all 24 trillion >>>>>> bytes of English Wikipedia? We'd have to put it on the moon. >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH9S9jTfUIU >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Just leave this as a question I think. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> F/G: Vlogbrother John Green tackles the math and physics of encoding >>>>>> and decoding Wikipedia ...onto a QR code. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I feel like it would be good to make light of the size of the QR code. >>>>> Something like "You'd need 27 square kilometers to print a QR code of >>>>> Wikipedia" or something more engaging! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> F/G: The QR code for all of English Wikipedia is so large it would >>>>>> have to be placed on the moon. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I like this!! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for reviewing! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Michael Guss >>>>>> Research Analyst >>>>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Joe Sutherland* >>>>> Communications Intern [remote] >>>>> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >>>>> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Guss >>>> Research Analyst >>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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