Re: [Kiwix-developer] How can I access Wikipedia's "Special" pages?

[Emmanuel E. <ke...@ki...>]

On 19.10.2016 21:14, xiw...@9o... wrote:
> Does Kiwix store/access "Special" pages
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages
> <http://s.bl-1.com/h/6j5l2Vx?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages>),
> such as the following:
>
> 1. What Links Here
>  (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Folly?
> <http://s.bl-1.com/h/6j5l7tz?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Folly>)
> 
> That "special" page has a list of all the wikipedia pages that link to
> the article titled "Folly".
>
> 2. Categories
>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Categories
> <http://s.bl-1.com/h/6j5lCH1?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Categories>

No, because:
1 - content in ZIM file is static (not dynamic)
2 - Store static version for all pages in no really interesting and it
has a high cost in term of mass storage usage

Emmanuel

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