[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia teamwork

[Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz]

On 14-08-2001, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote thusly :
> Jan Hidders <hidders at win.tue.nl> writes:
> > Because the GFDL allows you to download everything and start your own
> > server.
> Well the GFDL also wants transparent copy to be easily available. I
> don't consider spidering wikipedia to be an option open to the "man
> from the street".
> So someone at wikipedia.com should /really/ implement periodic snapshots
> of the wiki database. Technicalities can't be a problem, just add
> something like
>   18 04 * * * tar czf /webspace/wikipedia-`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.gz /wikidir
>   16 04 * * * find /webspace -maxdepth 1 -name wikipedia-\* -mtime +7 | xargs rm
> (2 lines) to an appropriate crontab. Pretty please?
> > With some Perl magic you could request all edit-pages and dowload
> > the pre-formatted text, [...]
> Sure, and perhaps I'll do that some day. But it puts much more
> workload on the server than providing a snapshot, so I'd rather avoid
> it. And if more people exercise their rights in this manner, it will
> only get worse. A snapshot is much lighter on bandwidth and CPU, can
> be mirrored via standard software.
> > you could even use the same Wiki software, and I'm
> > sure we can trust Bomis enough to warn us in advance.
> For me its not so much a question about trusting Bomis than of
> convenience and "taking your own license seriously".
A very good suggestion with a downloadable copy of Wikipedia.
It would certainly add more credibility... and freedom.
> > However, Larry is doing an excellent job and I see no sign that this is
> > going to change. So setting up an alternative server would not only be a
> > bit silly, but also higly unthankful, considering the wonderful opportunity
> > they have given us.
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Regards,
kpj.
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