Hi all;
Just like the scripts to preserve wikis[1], I'm working in a new script to
download all Wikimedia Commons images packed by day. But I have limited
spare time. Sad that volunteers have to do this without any help from
Wikimedia Foundation.
I started too an effort in meta: (with low activity) to mirror XML dumps.[2]
If you know about universities or research groups which works with
Wiki[pm]edia XML dumps, they would be a possible successful target to mirror
them.
If you want to download the texts into your PC, you only need 100GB free and
to run this Python script.[3]
I heard that Internet Archive saves XML dumps quarterly or so, but no
official announcement. Also, I heard about Library of Congress wanting to
mirror the dumps, but not news since a long time.
L'Encyclopédie has an "uptime"[4] of 260 years[5] and growing. Will
Wiki[pm]edia projects reach that?
Regards,
emijrp
[1]
http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mirroring_Wikimedia_project_XML_dumps
[3]
http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/source/browse/trunk/wikipediadownloader.py
[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptime
[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die
2011/6/2 Fae <faenwp(a)gmail.com>
Hi,
I'm taking part in an images discussion workshop with a number of
academics tomorrow and could do with a statement about the WMF's long
term commitment to supporting Wikimedia Commons (and other projects)
in terms of the public availability of media. Is there an official
published policy I can point to that includes, say, a 10 year or 100
commitment?
If it exists, this would be a key factor for researchers choosing
where to share their images with the public.
Thanks,
Fae
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