You select one of the name ranges, and then it will list all the pages
for that range. You then select one of those pages to get the actual
image for that page.
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>Hmm, I tried that out and all I got was a list of name ranges. Must
>be doing something wrong. I'll try it again when I get home from
>work.
>
>Thanks for the info.
>
>Anthony
>
>On 12/1/05, Brian <brian0918(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Tim Starling has a demo of it at the link below. I don't know if he's still
>>doing anything with it though. You might ask on wikitech-l.
>>
>>http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling
>>
>>
>>
>>Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>>Whatever happened to this? Are they being hosted anywhere yet? I'd
>>
>>
>really
>
>
>>like to get my hands on a copy of this data.
>>
>>
>
>Anthony
>
>On 11/8/05, Brian
>
>
>><brian0918(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>
>
>
>>For those who don't know, the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica is a
>>famous
>>
>>
>public domain encyclopedia, advertised as the "sum of all
>
>
>>human
>>
>>
>knowledge" in 1911.
>
>I recently (today) acquired a DVD containing
>
>
>>scans of every page of the
>>
>>
>1911 Britannica, along with index files for it
>
>
>>all, organized by letter
>>
>>
>and page number. I've already talked with avar,
>
>
>>TimStarling, and brion
>>
>>
>on IRC, and TimStarling specifically asked me to tell
>
>
>>you all that he is
>>
>>
>"confident that the server requirements will be minimal."
>
>
>>They would set
>>
>>
>up a domain name, generate some web pages automatically using
>
>
>>the index
>>
>>
>files, and host the entire set of 29,700 files totaling about 4
>
>
>>GB.
>>
>>
>
>One more thing, these are black and white TIFs, and there is
>
>
>>discussion
>>
>>
>about whether they should be mass converted to PNGs to be easily
>
>
>>viewable.
>>
>>
>
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Question to the database experts:
- How can the database of MediaWiki 1.5.x safely be pruned
( in order to actually remove the oldest revisions of Article, Talk,
User and User_talk pages ) ?
An older answer given to me begin of 2005 was
DELETE FROM old WHERE old_timestamp < '20050101000000'; or whatever
Is it safe to use this statement or is another one recommended ?
>
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:34:33 +0000
> From: Neil Harris <usenet(a)tonal.clara.co.uk>
> Subject: Credit card processing for forthcoming
> fundraiser: Was: Re:
> [Wikitech-l] pages update call :-)
> To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)wikimedia.org>
> Cc: board(a)wikimedia.org
>
>
> If there's going to be another fundraiser soon, does
> anyone know if any
> progress has been made towards accepting credit card
> donations?
>
> I believe that this could significantly improve the
> amount of money
> donated, by removing a barrier to donation for
> people would like to
> donate but do not have PayPal-style accounts, and do
> not want the hassle
> of money orders, inter-bank-transfers and so on.
>
Online credit card processing actually fits within the
expertise of my day job so hopefully I can be of some
help. In order to directly accept credit card
payments the Wikimedia Foundation will have to
establish a "merchant" relationship with a credit card
payment system. At least in the U.S. there are two
basic types: processor and gateway. The former has
much more stringent requirements, including specific
network configurations (usually a leased-line
connection directly to the payment system) and a
lengthy certification process. Gateways are much
simpler, and some allow connecting to their payment
servers over the Internet using generic protocols such
as HTTP. The drawback to using gateways are that they
are middle-men whose services are simply wrappers on
top of processor specifications which the Foundation
could just as well directly implement.
The choice thus comes down to whether the increased
cost of using a gateway exceeds the headache of
directly dealing with a processor. If the Foundation
wants to directly handle credit cards payments then
the first step is to talk with the payment systems
about rates.
I am confused, though, as to why PayPal is not a
viable option. Every payment system imposes some sort
of per-transaction fee, and the 3% transaction amount
charge reflects not another part of PayPal's cut, but
simply the fact that the merchant receives money from
the card holder's bank immediately while the card
holder is given a 20-30 day grace period before
interest accrues on their new balance. Thus switching
from PayPal may not necessarily save much on costs.
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Would it be a good idea to tell our robots.txt not to index talk pages?
- d.
jkelly(a)fas.harvard.edu wrote:
> I wasn't aware that Google results were influenced by material on Talk pages.
> If this is true, it explains instances in which I have seen anons post some
> ideological screed in the article, have it removed, and then re-post it
> repeatedly into the article's Talk page. Is this actually that effective a
> tactic for using Wikipedia as a soapbox?
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> Quoting slimvirgin(a)gmail.com:
>
>
>>On 11/30/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> wrote:
>>
>>>This case Slim Virgin mentions is in arbitration now and a blatant
>>>example of gaming Google by associating the name of the person with a
>>>lot of accusations he has only a marginal connection with ...
>>>At a minimum we need to not allow Google to index our talk pages. We
>>>talk about a lot of things. They may be about information but they
>>>are not encyclopedic.
>>
>>Fred, the case I was referring to isn't the one that's in arbitration,
>>though I know the one you mean, and it's quite similar. I'm starting
>>to wonder whether this is happening a lot: that troublemakers see our
>>talk pages as a sort of Trojan horse. They pretend to be having an
>>innocent conversation designed to sort out the good from the bad
>>material, whereas in fact the discussion is only a vehicle being used
>>to spread the bad stuff, which they know won't survive in our
>>articles.
>>
>>Sarah
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Doing a CheckUser, I saw someone as coming from 207.142.131.239.
That's bayle.wikimedia.org ... how does that show up as the IP an
edit's coming from?
- d.