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On lun, 2003-02-17 at 03:09, Fred Bauder wrote:
> http://www.wikipedia.org/tarballs/cur_table.sql.bz2
>
> "Not found on the server"

Please wait a bit for tonight's dump to be finished and dropped in
place.


> On this subject, it would be nice if a barebones current table were
> available that has the text for the main wikipedia pages and leaves out the
> articles.
>
> As it is the current table contains a great deal I would not want to use and
> is quite cumbersome and difficult to handle.

Hmm, which pages do you mean?

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

>> It would be nice if a barebones current table were
>> available that has the text for the main wikipedia pages and leaves out the
>> articles.
>>
>> As it is the current table contains a great deal I would not want to use and
>> is quite cumbersome and difficult to handle.
>
> Hmm, which pages do you mean?
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>

Well the main page and for example:

* [[wikipedia:How to start a page|how to start a page]]
* informal tips on [[wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|contributing to
Wikipedia]]
* editing tasks in general at the [[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]]
* layout conventions, at the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]]
* [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]] for articles themselves
* ... and finally, the full kaboodle of [[Wikipedia:Utilities|utilities]]
for editors.

And other pages that would be of general utility (or would need to be edited
and revised) for use in an installation of the wikipedia3 software.

How_to_edit_a_page
What_is_an_article
*[[Wikipedia:Overview FAQ]]: general questions about the project
*[[Wikipedia:Readers' FAQ]]: finding, reading and using Wikipedia material
*[[Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ]]: why you might want to contribute, and how
you can do it
*[[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ]]: the nuts and bolts of creating and editing
Wikipedia pages
** [[Wikipedia:How do I do this]] (being merged with other FAQs)
*[[Wikipedia:Administration FAQ]]: sysop status, server administration
*[[Wikipedia:Technical FAQ]]: Wikipedia software and hardware
*[[Wikipedia:Problems FAQ]]: questions relating to present and past
difficulties and criticisms
*[[Wikipedia:Miscellaneous FAQ]]: everything else

etc.

The database as a whole produces a mirror, but if the point is to use the
software to present information in a different way, it would be nice to
start with a minimum and then add whichever articles you wanted to use from
wikipedia, but only those.

Fred

On lun, 2003-02-17 at 04:59, Fred Bauder wrote:
> The database as a whole produces a mirror, but if the point is to use the
> software to present information in a different way, it would be nice to
> start with a minimum and then add whichever articles you wanted to use from
> wikipedia, but only those.

As a reminder, you may only use these pages as a base for another wiki
if it, too, will be under GFDL license.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

> On lun, 2003-02-17 at 04:59, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> The database as a whole produces a mirror, but if the point is to use the
>> software to present information in a different way, it would be nice to
>> start with a minimum and then add whichever articles you wanted to use from
>> wikipedia, but only those.

> As a reminder, you may only use these pages as a base for another wiki
> if it, too, will be under GFDL license.

This is not correct. It is only the particular pages (and material added
to them) that must be under the FDL.

Regards,

Erik