Hi all,
I'm not sure exactly where to raise this, so am asking here.
A researcher I have been in touch with has proposed starting a 2nd,
research-oriented Wikimedia toolserver. He thinks his lab can pay for
the hardware and would be willing to maintain it, if they could get
help setting it up. He got this idea after a member of his research
group tried (unsuccessfully so far -- no response) to get an account
on the current toolserver; their Wikipedia-related research has been
put on hold for a few months because of the delay. (It seems like
there is a big backlog of account requests right now and only one
person working on them?) This research group has done some
interesting Wikipedia research to date and I expect they could do more
with access to the right data.
Personally, I think a dedicated toolserver is a great idea for the
research community, but I know very little about the technical issues
involved and/or whether this has been proposed before. Please comment,
and I can pass on replies and put the researcher in touch with the
tech team if it seems like a good idea.
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