Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-03 Thread Marco Schuster
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Aryeh Gregor > wrote: > > I don't know how formal or authoritative that is. You might want to > ask someone like Brion. I think the answer in practice is that > nobody's going to waste time blocking you if you don't cause > noticeable load, but I don't know if th

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-03 Thread Aryeh Gregor
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:27 PM, James Richard wrote: > Thanks for the detailed answer.  I will use the dumps.  Out of curiosity, > though, can you tell me where that explicit live mirror prohibition is > stated?  I couldn't find any controlling documents on the subject. http://meta.wikimedia.org/w

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-03 Thread James Richard
Hi Robert, Thanks for the detailed answer. I will use the dumps. Out of curiosity, though, can you tell me where that explicit live mirror prohibition is stated? I couldn't find any controlling documents on the subject. Again, I'm referring to fetching the wiktionary mark-up source document th

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-03 Thread Robert Ullmann
Hi, In general a small number of requests is fine, but large numbers (using the wikts as a live back-end database) is not so good. (Note that "live mirrors", re-presenting WM data as part of another site are explicitly prohibited. ;-) What you should probably do is use the XML dumps from http://d

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-01 Thread Andrew Krizhanovsky
You can try to work with the parsed Wiktionary database (now only a part of Russian Wiktionary, English Wiktionary is planning for the next year). See http://code.google.com/p/wikokit Good luck! On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Platonides wrote: > I think it would... > > >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-01 Thread Platonides
I think it would... ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-01 Thread Andrew Dunbar
2009/9/1 James Richard : > Hello, > I am interested in using the Wiktionary API (located at > en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php) and was having trouble finding any information > on what is acceptable commercial use.  If there are any controlling > documents on the subject, can you please direct me to the

[Wikitech-l] Wiktionary API acceptable use policy

2009-09-01 Thread James Richard
Hello, I am interested in using the Wiktionary API (located at en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php) and was having trouble finding any information on what is acceptable commercial use. If there are any controlling documents on the subject, can you please direct me to them? In particular, I would like to