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Since Orain now has far more server power and resources than it did when it started out, I believe it might not be a bad idea for monthly content dumps to be made available of wikis, at least current revision only dumps (at least for Creative Commons licensed wikis, GDFL requires complete histories), though full history dumps should be made available on request. This can be easily accomplished using the dumpBackup.php script to produce XML dumps, which it should be possible to automate via a cron job given Orain's current resources. Also, the [https://archive.org/details/wikifarm-orain.org-20130824 WikiTeam's] last complete dump of Orain's wikis was in August 2013, and I do not believe their service would be regular enough to obviate the need for backups should they be requested. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 00:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)}} |
Since Orain now has far more server power and resources than it did when it started out, I believe it might not be a bad idea for monthly content dumps to be made available of wikis, at least current revision only dumps (at least for Creative Commons licensed wikis, GDFL requires complete histories), though full history dumps should be made available on request. This can be easily accomplished using the dumpBackup.php script to produce XML dumps, which it should be possible to automate via a cron job given Orain's current resources. Also, the [https://archive.org/details/wikifarm-orain.org-20130824 WikiTeam's] last complete dump of Orain's wikis was in August 2013, and I do not believe their service would be regular enough to obviate the need for backups should they be requested. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 00:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)}} |
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:I strongly agree. We should at the very least allow single revision per page dumps to be publicly available on a monthly basis. I would recommend though that this be bumped up to a weekly basis, since it would result in less loss of progress should wikis be required to use them for backup. |
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:I could also possibly look into creating an extension that would allow bureaucrats to export XML dumps of wiki content on request, possibly with a configurable cap on how often they can do so, to limit server use. This way, bureaucrats would be able to create backups after major editing activity, but there would still be a cap on how often the dump script would be run. [[User:Inquisitor Sasha|Inquisitor Sasha]] ([[User talk:Inquisitor Sasha|talk]]) 23:22, 14 March 2014 (UTC) |
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Since Orain now has far more server power and resources than it did when it started out, I believe it might not be a bad idea for monthly content dumps to be made available of wikis, at least current revision only dumps (at least for Creative Commons licensed wikis, GDFL requires complete histories), though full history dumps should be made available on request. This can be easily accomplished using the dumpBackup.php script to produce XML dumps, which it should be possible to automate via a cron job given Orain's current resources. Also, the WikiTeam's last complete dump of Orain's wikis was in August 2013, and I do not believe their service would be regular enough to obviate the need for backups should they be requested. Arcane (talk) 00:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
- I strongly agree. We should at the very least allow single revision per page dumps to be publicly available on a monthly basis. I would recommend though that this be bumped up to a weekly basis, since it would result in less loss of progress should wikis be required to use them for backup.
- I could also possibly look into creating an extension that would allow bureaucrats to export XML dumps of wiki content on request, possibly with a configurable cap on how often they can do so, to limit server use. This way, bureaucrats would be able to create backups after major editing activity, but there would still be a cap on how often the dump script would be run. Inquisitor Sasha (talk) 23:22, 14 March 2014 (UTC)