Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
We're looking into the possibility of setting up a planet-style feed aggregator for Wikimedia blogs. It would be nice to get some software recommendations. Specifically, we would need an aggregator that supports
- web based administration
- filtering feeds based on tags assigned to posts
It should scale well a large number of blogs & readers. It would also be nice to be able to form "groups" of blogs, but that is optional.
Any tips & reviews would be appreciated.
Erik,
I have a question regarding items of interest in this area. I have managed to download and index all of Wikiedia's images for enwiki, wikibooks, and wiktionary. I have enhanced the appliance tools to the point I can download, process, translate, and extract and sync all images for any given XML dump. I also have the ability to cross reference images with "fair use" and "free" and selectively strip out images and compress them into tar.gz and bz2 files (.7z would also be possible).
I have installed ctorrent at wikigadugi but I have not as of yet created or exposed torrent downloads for all of Wikipedia's images. I do, however. have the entire library of Wikipedia's images.
Would it be useful to host and export a bit torrent with "approved" images and allow mass downloads of all image content from Wikipedia. This would not affect the main MediaWiki sites, but would allow the internet access to the image library I have compiled.
I will not expose any torrents without the approval of the Foundation, but I now have the capability to do so. I can setup DMCA procedures through WMG to address any copyright complaints from contributors and I would be able to effectively handle them. I have elected not to expose these torrents until I got to a point where it was time to discuss it with the Foundation.
Please advise.
Jeff
I currently have a data center with an 8 megabyte per second internet pipe to the internet with 70 terabytes of appliances setup running wikigadugi and hosting this library and development. I have sufficient bandwidth to support this from appliance sales and revenues for general internet access. FYI.
Jeff