On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:18 PM, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
With this solution, it is now possible to determine how much of the traffic was from valid services. i.e. google translate and other useful services will identify themselves
And what separates google translate from other useful services which hotload Wikipedia (other than the $2 million, which is not to say that $2 million is a bad reason to separate it, but let's at least be honest if that's the reason)?
I am even less in favour of Domas retiring to an armchair, and think that anyone suggesting that is deluding themselves about Wikimedia's need of Domas, and Domas' reason for volunteering.
Well, I never did say I was in favor of it. I merely pointed out his hypocrisy in claiming that he would love to have it be so.