Actually, I was thinking primarily of userspace. Newyorkbrad
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:44 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/2/23 Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkb...@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. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l