Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
Anthere wrote:
<snip>
The live feed service exist. Generally, it is a
bad idea to let
live-mirrors as they are a drain on our resources. For this reason, a
service is provided against a certain fee, meant to at least cover the
costs of feeding the live-mirror.
<snip>
Why is it so ? Well, it may be a mixture.
Possibly Terry contacting few
potential customers. Possibly blocked live mirrors not being informed of
that solution (now, you know, so next time a blocked mirror complains,
please tell it to contact us). Possibly a lack of reactivity to propose
contracts. Or lack of understanding from the people in OTRS about what
the live feed is...
Uh, yeah. Actually letting people know that it exists would be a good
start...
I second that request. If the WMF actually is interested in selling this
service, it would make sense to inform Terry (to my shame I must admit I
do not even know who this is) of the existence of live mirror sites.
As one of the people dealing with mirrors on de:, I would be happy to do
so. Additionally, it might be a good idea to establish some official way
to get live mirrors blocked. I tried to find someone to block those
listed at [1] at #wikimedia-tech three times, but didn't succeed. Of
course, I absolutely understand this is far from top priority for our
server and software people, overworked and few as they are.
I am also aware this issue may not be fully suitable for this list, but
my mail to wikitech-l seems to be stuck in moderation and at least the
thread seemed appropriate :-).
Cheers,
de:mdangers
[1]
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Mdangers/rot