[Foundation-l] Image dumps, html dumps, and static copies missing

[Samuel Klein]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>
> Phoebe Ayers writes:
>
> > Arguably, however, providing solid dumps is the backbone for getting
> > most of this research getting done, since having project data to
> > manipulate is necessary for many possible studies. So not only are
> > regular dumps critical for fulfilling our free content
> > responsibilities and mission, but they are critical for future
> > research. Which is to say: we all really want to see them happen! And
> > agreed, the Foundation is the only one that can make it so (even
> > though it's not an easy task); and this is the sort of infrastructure
> > task that should be absolutely core.
>
> We at the Foundation want to see this happen too. We regard increasing
> the frequency and reliability of the dumps as mission-critical, and
> we're working toward that goal.
>
>
Wonderful, thanks for the feedback.  Is there a commentable roadmap of
critical (and not-so-critical) projects for people who have their own crazy
ideas they'd like to contribute?  There have been some good brainstorming
sessions on this list on the subject over the years.

Regards,
SJ

@phoebe, thanks for the link to the set of research questions.
I'd like to see an elaboration of the foundation goals...