So, let me just get this straight.
Someone here bemoaned the fact that a full history dump of the English
Wikipedia has been sought for 3 years, but is still forthcoming. That
person mentioned, factually, that $1.7 million of budgeted money for
technology was left unspent, with the suggestion
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com wrote:
Let me recommend something. Pay Anthony Dipierro the sum of $5,500, give
him server access, give him eight weeks, and if he doesn't produce a full
history dump of the English Wikipedia, then perhaps his penance could be
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com wrote:
Let me recommend something. Pay Anthony Dipierro the sum of $5,500, give
him server access, give him eight weeks, and if he doesn't produce a full
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:47 PM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
[snip]
The key question is whether the full history dump was ever considered
to be a project that needs WMF funding to be allocated, as opposed to
letting it be solved by the normal open source model.
Post the root
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:47 PM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com
wrote:
Let me recommend something. Pay Anthony Dipierro the sum of $5,500,
: [Foundation-l] The $1.7 million question
So, let me just get this straight.
Someone here bemoaned the fact that a full history dump of the English
Wikipedia has been sought for 3 years, but is still forthcoming. That
person mentioned, factually, that $1.7 million of budgeted money for
technology
