On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:44 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's too easy for a nominally "open" project to effectively be > proprietised by just not providing the data/code/etc. Sure. That's not the issue here, but more people indicating how much they care about good dumps (I do! also full commons dumps, please.) should help. > (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.) You often make me smile in the middle of distressing threads. > See my blog post of a coupla years ago on the subject: > > http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2007/04/10/disaster-recovery-planning/ It would be good to take another look at contingency plans, not only tech backups and alternatives but also ensuring resources go into safety nets such as an endowment. SJ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
