Hi all;<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
If you want to download the texts into your PC, you only need 100GB free and to run this Python script.[3]<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
L'Encyclopédie has an "uptime"[4] of 260 years[5] and growing. Will Wiki[pm]edia projects reach that?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
emijrp<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/">http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mirroring_Wikimedia_project_XML_dumps">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mirroring_Wikimedia_project_XML_dumps</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/source/browse/trunk/wikipediadownloader.py">http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/source/browse/trunk/wikipediadownloader.py</a><br>
[4] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptime">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptime</a><br>
[5] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/2 Fae <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:faenwp@gmail.com">faenwp@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I'm taking part in an images discussion workshop with a number of<br>
academics tomorrow and could do with a statement about the WMF's long<br>
term commitment to supporting Wikimedia Commons (and other projects)<br>
in terms of the public availability of media. Is there an official<br>
published policy I can point to that includes, say, a 10 year or 100<br>
commitment?<br>
<br>
If it exists, this would be a key factor for researchers choosing<br>
where to share their images with the public.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Fae<br>
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