Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
Anthere wrote:
<snip> > The live feed service exist. Generally, it is a bad idea to let > live-mirrors as they are a drain on our resources. For this reason, a > service is provided against a certain fee, meant to at least cover the > costs of feeding the live-mirror. > <snip> > Why is it so ? Well, it may be a mixture. Possibly Terry contacting few > potential customers. Possibly blocked live mirrors not being informed of > that solution (now, you know, so next time a blocked mirror complains, > please tell it to contact us). Possibly a lack of reactivity to propose > contracts. Or lack of understanding from the people in OTRS about what > the live feed is... >
Uh, yeah. Actually letting people know that it exists would be a good start...
I second that request. If the WMF actually is interested in selling this service, it would make sense to inform Terry (to my shame I must admit I do not even know who this is) of the existence of live mirror sites.
As one of the people dealing with mirrors on de:, I would be happy to do so. Additionally, it might be a good idea to establish some official way to get live mirrors blocked. I tried to find someone to block those listed at [1] at #wikimedia-tech three times, but didn't succeed. Of course, I absolutely understand this is far from top priority for our server and software people, overworked and few as they are.
I am also aware this issue may not be fully suitable for this list, but my mail to wikitech-l seems to be stuck in moderation and at least the thread seemed appropriate :-).
Cheers, de:mdangers