Dear Wikipedia,
My name is Joshua Kriger. I am currently developing software for
wikipedia on a mobile phone. I see on your technical FAQ page that if
you use a Spider to retrieve data to set a limit on searches to one
search every 60 seconds. Currently I have 2 phones connected to a
refurbished dell PC that I am using on a Static IP address. Previously
I have done what Wikipedia FAQ preferres to use, the Wiki Dumps, but
this makes the search on my end extremely slow and is not a live
Wikipedia experience. Since I am doing so few searches daily to the
mobile phones (right now its less then 25). Is it possible to be grant
my IP permission to spider wikipedia in intervals less then one minute
without having my IP blocked. Previously I read on the Wikipedia FAQ
that the suggestion for a spider server was one search per second
(which would be totally acceptable since I am using so few phones) but
I see now this has been updated to once per minute which will be more
difficult when I move from two phones online to my eventual target of
10. I also want to thank you for your time in dedication to building
such a wonderful service.
Yours,
Josh
-----Original Message-----
From: Wikipedia information team <info-en(a)wikimedia.org>
To: joshuakriger(a)aol.com
Sent: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:52 pm
Subject: Re: [Ticket#2007070410015406] Dear Wikipedia
Dear joshuakriger(a)aol.com,
Thank you for your mail.
joshuakriger(a)aol.com wrote:
Dear Wikipedia info Administrator,
I am currently working on a Wikipedia Mobile application and I am in
testing phases. I see on your website,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technical_FAQ#Is_it_possible_to_down…
that you suggest having a spider connect once every minute so that IP
address does not get banned. I previously tried
working the Mobile
project through Wikipedia Dumps but my refurbished dell could not
handle the bulk of Wikipedia as well as conducting timely searches.
My
estimate is for about a year I will have less then 10
mobile devices
connecting to Wikipedia through a spider server and at its peak
searching no more then 100 articles a day. Is there anything I can do
to prevent Wikipedia from banning my IP address. Also,
recently you
have changed your suggestion for a Spider search from once a second
to
once a minute, is this true that if I search off my
mobile through
the
refurbished dell that I will have my IP banned if it
is shorter then
once a minute? Is there a way that I can provide Wikipedia with my IP
address so that I will not be placed on a restricted
list for a low
number searches?
Josh
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