2009/2/23 Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <[email protected]>: > However, one question that I have is whether the dump includes, or should > conclude, all namespaces, or only articles. In the past, there have > allegedly been instances in which database dumps have been utilized for > purposes such as harvesting oversighted edits in userspace and utilizing the > information for purposes of harassment. I am not sure whether there is > value to providing dumps of other than the content spaces. Comments?
The value of providing good dumps is forkability, in case WMF is hit by a meteor, hit by a legal meteor, goes collectively insane, etc. Imagine trying to fork Wikipedia without being able to take the project spaces with you. It's too easy for a nominally "open" project to effectively be proprietised by just not providing the data/code/etc. (We will gloss over the idea that has occurred to me and several others that a nuke-and-pave of the project spaces might be the only way to fix en:wp's terminal instruction creep.) See my blog post of a coupla years ago on the subject: http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2007/04/10/disaster-recovery-planning/ - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
