There is a precedent for this which includes being granted the "researcher" user right. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researchers#Researcher
You probably need to contact the Research Committee: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Committee Tom On 11 December 2011 12:32, Katja Müller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > we are doing information retrieval research on the Wikipedia history. > Currently we are thinking about including the archive of Deleted > Articles in the analysis. > > What is the current regulation on access to the Deleted Archive? > According to this page, admins can permit access to single articles on > request: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Access_to_deleted_pages > > However, is there a way (for researchers) to either: > a) access (API) or download the whole archive of Deleted Articles > b) get statistics or meta data about the Deleted Archive (article > counts, revision meta information, logs) > ? > > > Kind regards, > Katja Mueller > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
