Hi Katja, Op 11-12-2011 13:32, Katja Müller schreef: > 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) > ? If you just want the metadata (and not the actual text) a Toolserver account might be useful. In the archive table you can find all metadata for deleted revisions. More info about this table at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Archive_table . And about getting a Toolserver account: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Account_approval_process
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