Can I download wikipedia? (or at least wide swaths of pages, or topics)?

Answer 1

Yes you can do that by using http://www.httrack.com/. It is basically a wesite copying software. If you have a fast internet connection and a big hard drive, you can download as much of wikipedia as possible.

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