Jochen Magnus wrote:
Please can somebody verify that
http://download.wikimedia.org/dewiki/ is
the right place to download dumps from Wikipedia? The last dump which I
can see is from Feb 7.
Yep.
Note that:
1) There isn't a regular schedule
2) Not all wikis run at the same time.
3) The very large wikis run less frequently
4) The last few days dumps are on hold as I'm fixing some longstanding
problems in the dump generator. New dumps will commence within a few days.
Potentially crazy idea, but given the above, what if there was a per-backed-up-wiki
RSS / ATOM feed that would include a notification when new dumps were generated?
That way the content (say WP:EN for example) could carried be on any Planets
(or in any feed-reading software), and instead of being a pull-type system
(with people having to check back regularly for dumps, which are generated on
an irregular schedule), it becomes more a push-type system (you get notified
when dumps are complete, and if you want them, then you go get them).
I'm not sure if that helps anyone though (i.e. there is no point in doing it
if nobody is interested in the notifications).
All the best,
Nick.