[Toolserver-l] communication with wiki communities

[Aude]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Daniel Kinzler <daniel at brightbyte.de>wrote:

> Hi all
>
>
> The idea is to promote some more information about who we are, what we do,
> and
> how the toolserver works. And we should also help people to find the right
> person to contact when things break<http://wikiatic.com/wikisearch/search?q=person%20to%20contact%20when%20things%20break>.
> What do you think?
>
> -- daniel
>

I'm the "tech beat" editor for the English Wikipedia's Signpost newspaper.
In the weekly tech reports, we can mention things going on with the
toolserver when I'm aware of them.  Being aware of things generally means
reading the mailing list and blogs.   (I have added the toolserver blog to
http://open.wikiblogplanet.com/)

The Signpost also runs special stories on occassion for tech topics.  I
would be happy to run something about the toolserver.  If you would answer
some questions, I could turn the answers into a signpost article.  The
article could take an "interview" format like the WikiProject reports.
(e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-05-25/WikiProject_report)
or I can turn it into another format (especially if others give input).

Anyway, here are some questions:

* What is the toolserver? (e.g., it's not just one server but several...)

* What is the purpose of the toolserver? / what we do?

* How does the toolserver operate? (e.g. it has replicated copies of the
wiki databases, minus the full text, to allow people to develop tools.  The
servers are located in Amsterdam)

* Who runs it?  / who are we? / how is it funded?

* What is your role with the toolserver?

* How did the toolserver get started?

* How do Wikipedian's get accounts on the toolserver?  What are the
requirements and approval process?

* If one gets an account, what are the responsibilities?  I know accounts
had to be reconfirmed, are there resource limits such as disk space limits
for each user? or what?

* Who is the person to contact when things break?

* We already are aware of the map toolserver project, but along with that,
some other new hardware was recently ordered?  What's the purpose of the new
hardware?

* What's coming in the pipeline (in the future)?

* Anything else people should know about the toolserver?

These could be answered via e-mail, or on my wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aude/Toolserver

If I can get answers within the next day, this could run in tomorrow's
edition of the Signpost.  Otherwise, it can run next week or whenever.

-Aude


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