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The Wikipedia article is also kept reasonably up to date with the URLs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub They used t

The Wikipedia article is also kept reasonably up to date with the URLs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub They used to have a .onion address, which I assumed would continue to be the most reliable way in, but it's been down for a long time. I'm surprised, it seems like Tor would be the best way to remain up and accessible.

mstaoru 7y ago
Judging by https://gitlab.com/Flockademic/whereisscihub/-/blob/master/index.js https://gitlab.com/Flockademic/whereisscihub/-/blob/master/i... it is vice versa — whereisscihub is reading URLs list from Wikipedia.
- Vinnl 7y ago
  Wikidata, actually, which Wikipedia unfortunately does not yet use as a data source. But yeah, also a Wikimedia project, and also maintained by volunteers.
shpx 7y ago
DNS-over-Wikipedia is my goto strategy for websites like this (Scihub, Libgen, Piratebay, Popcorn Time, etc.).
- pergadad 7y ago
  What do you mean by this?
  - shpx 7y ago
    Instead of googling for the site, I google for the site's Wikipedia article ("schihub wiki") which usually has an up-to-date link to the site in the sidebar, whereas Google is forced to censor their results. If you Google "Piratebay", the first search result is a fake "thepirate-bay.org" (with a dash) but the Wikipedia article lists the right one. Comparing this to DNS wasn't right, but at one point for Scihub the article listed the actual IP address of the server https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sci-Hub&oldid=864474298 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sci-Hub&oldid=8...
- madacol 7y ago
  How does it work? I'm trying to find the referenced Wikidata entry about sci-hub, but when searching, I don't understand what I am reading.
  - madacol 7y ago
    I think I found it. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21980377#P856 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21980377#P856 But it's not trivial to understand

mstaoru 7y ago

Judging by https://gitlab.com/Flockademic/whereisscihub/-/blob/master/index.js https://gitlab.com/Flockademic/whereisscihub/-/blob/master/i... it is vice versa — whereisscihub is reading URLs list from Wikipedia.

Vinnl 7y ago
Wikidata, actually, which Wikipedia unfortunately does not yet use as a data source. But yeah, also a Wikimedia project, and also maintained by volunteers.

shpx 7y ago

DNS-over-Wikipedia is my goto strategy for websites like this (Scihub, Libgen, Piratebay, Popcorn Time, etc.).

pergadad 7y ago
What do you mean by this?
- shpx 7y ago
  Instead of googling for the site, I google for the site's Wikipedia article ("schihub wiki") which usually has an up-to-date link to the site in the sidebar, whereas Google is forced to censor their results. If you Google "Piratebay", the first search result is a fake "thepirate-bay.org" (with a dash) but the Wikipedia article lists the right one. Comparing this to DNS wasn't right, but at one point for Scihub the article listed the actual IP address of the server https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sci-Hub&oldid=864474298 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sci-Hub&oldid=8...
madacol 7y ago
How does it work? I'm trying to find the referenced Wikidata entry about sci-hub, but when searching, I don't understand what I am reading.
- madacol 7y ago
  I think I found it. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21980377#P856 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21980377#P856 But it's not trivial to understand