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I can't imagine what such a small team must be going through with a major DDOS - wish them well in their efforts!
Also, the Kiwix project has a hotspot project that allows you to host ZIM files (dumps of Wikipedia and other CC licensed content, like TED talks and StackOverflow) on a Raspberry Pi, allowing you to share it with others. Setup info here: https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-hotspot/
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You can't grow a non-profit that large without angering someone. There will always be folks who believe they are more deserving of the "free money."
Some people just like to break things. It's that simple.
Remember: there are BitTorrent links that the Wikimedia Foundation gives out of SQL dumps of Wikipedia and the other projects. You can have a copy in case this happens in your country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download#Wh... Also, the Kiwix project has a hotspot project that allows you to host ZIM files (dumps of Wikipedia and other CC licensed content, like TED talks and StackOverflow) on a R…
Just want to mention, WMF has a very small but elite team of engineers. Amazed they maintain an Alexa top 5 site with many orders of magnitude less engineering staff than Facebook or Reddit. I think they must count ~100 engineers? I can't imagine what such a small team must be going through with a major DDOS - wish them well in their efforts!
https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/ has the names of 379 employees. I believe (perhaps astonishingly) that is all - engineers and non-engineers combined. Their engineers spread across departments, but judging by the 141 instances of the string 'engineer' in that page, I'd be surprised if the number exceeds 200.
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There’s lots of dirty politics on WP. Not sure about other countries, but Russian government is very involved in whitewashing it’s activities.
How interesting. Could you post some evidence? Thanks!