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I try to alleviate as much bandwidth to Wikipedia as I can by using the Google cache version whenever I can. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
by esturk 9y ago
I try to alleviate as much bandwidth to Wikipedia as I can by using the Google cache version whenever I can. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
- brador 9y agoDon't do that. Your time is more valuable than the artificial micro-cent the wikimedia foundation will save.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoWhy is using the Google Cache version not as equally productive as using the main Wikipedia content?
- brador 9y agoIt might be equivalent, even faster, but that was not the problem he suggested he was solving for.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoTo summarise, you suggest it's a waste of time, I ask how is it a waste of time to click on one version of a link over another, you suggest there's no difference in efficiency. The point I'm making is, GP is no worse off for using the Google Cache version. They might miss out on a few edits made after the page was cached, but in the grand scheme of things that's unlikely to matter.
- mulmen 9y agoYou could probably save time by just estimating your bandwidth costs - which are probably tiny - and donating 10x that to the foundation.