I guess, this bug can be closed. I you don't think so, it should go upstream for further discussion on the wget mailing list.
The documentation is clear with -q: -q --quiet Turn off Wget's output. What the reporter seems to want is -nv: -nv --no-verbose Turn off verbose without being completely quiet (use -q for that), which means that error messages and basic information still get printed. Regards, Tim Rühsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org