On 18 March 2013 13:18, Fae <[email protected]> wrote: > PS I have heard the archive question answered recently by a > representative of the WMF on a radio interview as "Oh, it's all over > the internet, if we disappear it could always be re-created" (or words > to that effect) - I thought this a particularly naff answer for an > organization with many millions in the bank to spend on operational > risks.
That's not quite right ... * we need to make sure there are actually multiple accessible copies of the huge database dump files around * someone needs to take one of these and recreate a working, editable copy of (say) en:wp, with all text and images * if that fails in any regard whatsoever, it's something that really needs fixing This is largely a matter for ops, of course. But someone needs to get a spare PC with a huge amount of disk and try it ... (Why not me? Time/arsedness/lack of said PC and huge disk.) - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
