On 16 September 2010 17:58, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > For privacy reasons, we can't back up all data everywhere (e.g. user > account information) -- it might be worth thinking about longer term > strategies for portability of that data (e.g. a group of unaffiliated > entrusted individuals who hold encryption keys). But, for the publicly > available dumps, I don't see a list of mirrors prominently linked from > http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html -- I think starting a > page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps/Mirrors with > mirroring instructions (if such a page doesn't already exist > somewhere), prominently highlighting it at dumps.wikimedia.org, and > spreading the word would be a good start. We are already generating > MD5s, so it shouldn't be hard for engaged community members to help > with standard/policy setting, verification of mirror status, etc.
Surely dumps would be a natural for the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
