Wikipedia over DNS (2008)(dgl.cx)
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Wikipedia over DNS (2008)
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This still works!
Yes, though clunky. When I try the example:
It does handle Greenland correctly, so yes, it does work!
% host -t txt foo.wp.dg.cx
foo.wp.dg.cx descriptive text "thumb|240px|A U.S. Marine artillery
forward observer in a tree to get a better view of the battlefield in
1942.]thumb|240px|British and French artillery observers of Langemarck
(1917)|Battle of Langemarck, 1917] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Artillery_obse" "rver"
It does handle Greenland correctly, so yes, it does work!
% host -t txt greenland.wp.dg.cx | fold
greenland.wp.dg.cx descriptive text "Greenland (\"Land of the Kalaallit\"; ) is
an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic
and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiograph
ically a part of the continent of North America, Green" "land has been political
ly and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and later Denmark)
for more than a... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland"
% host -t txt cosine.wp.dg.cx
Host cosine.wp.dg.cx not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)While the serving code still works the code to download Wikipedia dumps and summarise them has bitrotted.
The database is circa 2013, so you’re exploring a nearly 11 year old summary of Wikipedia!
The database is circa 2013, so you’re exploring a nearly 11 year old summary of Wikipedia!
I see what you mean - the quoted "Greenland" text does not match the current form but does match the one ca. 2013.
It looks like FOO (all caps) redirected to Forward Observation Officer on July 2008, says https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FOO&action=histor... so there was a narrow window when your "foo" example worked as described, before you updated the dump to the then-new redirect.
It looks like FOO (all caps) redirected to Forward Observation Officer on July 2008, says https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FOO&action=histor... so there was a narrow window when your "foo" example worked as described, before you updated the dump to the then-new redirect.
DNS over Wikipedia is a thing too
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