Re: [Wikitech-l] [Foundation-l] Massive image loss

This is a triple-crosspost. I suggest you reply to wikitech-l only. A mistake I made caused the loss of 496 full-resolution images from Wikimedia servers. I have recovered as many images as I can, drawing on the following sources: * Squid cache (pmtpa, knams and yaseo) * May 8 backup of some wikis on storage1 * Duplicates with the same signature, found on the same or other wikis That brought the number lost down from about 3000 to the current 496. For the remaining files, I made a copy of their thumbnail directories: http://upload.wikimedia.org/lost-image-thumb-backup/ A list of missing images can be found here: http://noc.wikimedia.org/~tstarling/missing-images-2008-09 If anyone has any ideas about where to find more backup files, I'd be willing to hear them. Otherwise, the community will just have to reupload as many as possible.