[Foundation-l] dumps

Mon Feb 23 19:42:12 UTC 2009

2009/2/23 Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com>:
> I'm not familiar with the details of the data dump process, so I can't
> comment on whether it's broken or not.

It's broken, I don't think there is any dispute there.

> 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?

If you want complete statistics, you need all the information. It
might be interesting to see how the ratio of edits to non-article
namespaces to total edits varies over time, for instance.