[Foundation-l] dumps

[teun spaans]

A dump with just the article namespace would be grossly incomplete.

Much important information about the validity of the contents is on the
discussion pages. But not only there. Other discussions on articles have
been held on user talk pages. Missing these out would greatly hamper any
judgement on the validity of the articles.

teun spaans

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <
newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not familiar with the details of the data dump process, so I can't
> comment on whether it's broken or not.
>
> 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?
>
> Newyorkbrad
>
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