On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Phoebe Ayers writes:
Arguably, however, providing solid dumps is the
backbone for getting
most of this research getting done, since having project data to
manipulate is necessary for many possible studies. So not only are
regular dumps critical for fulfilling our free content
responsibilities and mission, but they are critical for future
research. Which is to say: we all really want to see them happen! And
agreed, the Foundation is the only one that can make it so (even
though it's not an easy task); and this is the sort of infrastructure
task that should be absolutely core.
We at the Foundation want to see this happen too. We regard increasing
the frequency and reliability of the dumps as mission-critical, and
we're working toward that goal.
Lovely! Glad to hear it. :)
The small but enthusiastic wiki research community will certainly be
glad too. In anticipation, we are already planning many parties this
year to celebrate! *
-- phoebe
* The first in Alexandria, the second in Porto (
www.wikisym.org), not
to mention Wikimedia Conference Netherlands, Konferencja Wikimedia
Polska, etc. etc. ...