[Foundation-l] dumps

[Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)]

Actually, I was thinking primarily of userspace.

Newyorkbrad

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:44 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/2/23 Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com>:
>
> > However, one question that I have is whether the dump includes, or should
> > conclude, all namespaces, or only articles.  In the past, there have
> > allegedly been instances in which database dumps have been utilized for
> > purposes such as harvesting oversighted edits in userspace and utilizing
> the
> > information for purposes of harassment.  I am not sure whether there is
> > value to providing dumps of other than the content spaces.  Comments?
>
>
> The value of providing good dumps is forkability, in case WMF is hit
> by a meteor, hit by a legal meteor, goes collectively insane, etc.
> Imagine trying to fork Wikipedia without being able to take the
> project spaces with you.
>
> It's too easy for a nominally "open" project to effectively be
> proprietised by just not providing the data/code/etc.
>
> (We will gloss over the idea that has occurred to me and several
> others that a nuke-and-pave of the project spaces might be the only
> way to fix en:wp's terminal instruction creep.)
>
> See my blog post of a coupla years ago on the subject:
>
> http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2007/04/10/disaster-recovery-planning/
>
>
> - d.
>
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