I'm not techy - so why hasn't it been possible
to have a non-corrupt dump in
a long time (that includes history?). A professor of mine asked if the
problem could be man(person)-power and if it would be interesting/useful to
have the university help with a programmer to help the dump happen.
I've been wondering why we've been having such trouble with dumps
myself... anyone?
Also - now I've got a file from 2006 but I still
wonder if there is no place
where one can access old dumps - these will/could be very important research
wise.
Only the most recent full dump is worth keeping, since it includes
everything that would be in an older dump. The other benefit of
removing old dumps is that is makes oversight (the ability to remove
revisions from the history) more effective.
And last but not least - If the dumps don't work,
then it is very important
to be able to dump some articles with their full histories in other
fashions. I ask my pledge again - do you know who made the block so that
export would only allow for 100 revisions? any way to hack that? Would it be
possible to open an exception to get the data for a research study?
I'm sure something can be arranged. This mailing list is probably the
best way to contact someone able to arrange it.