On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 06:53:13 +0200, Tomasz Wegrzanowski taw@users.sf.net wrote:
Why should we use such a complicated setup (with perl scripts and backup copies) when simple category would work just as well ?
Because the category method puts more load on the wikimedia database. I think if it's something that can be done offline from the main servers, it's something that should be done offline from the main servers. The site is too slow as it is.
It's not really that complicated, either. Now that I have my own local backup, I'll simply build the tool and show you what I mean. I'll probably get to it this weekend.
Cheers,
-Bill Clark