unsubscribe George Henne NS BASIC Corporation http://www.nsbasic.com
>Yeah, you're right. I know about that wikis but...I guess it would be >easier to recover corrupted backups/database than catch all computers from >all users that made at least one edit which is needed to recover the >original state. > >Maybe something like http://deletionpedia.org/en/Main_Page would be useful >to examine (yeah, it can catch only deletion that were proposed at >Wikipedia of course). > >Martin > >út 2. 5. 2017 v 19:14 odesílatel Jean Valjean <[email protected]> >napsal: > >> It depends on the wiki. Suppose, for instance, you're a RationalWiki user >> editing Conservapedia, and then the Conservapedia sysops decide, "Hey wait, >> this user is a troll, so let's block him and delete all this work." If he >> asks for copies of his articles, they might say, "We don't want to help you >> spread that nonsense any further." >> >> There also have been wikis whose databases got corrupted, and then they >> found out that their backups weren't usable either. >> >> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Martin Urbanec < >> [email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> > Mediawiki archives all revisions even they are deleted by a sysop. There >> is >> > no way to delete revs permanently by default (without an extra extension) >> > and there is no need for it too. >> > >> > Sysops can view all deleted revisions. But when problem with wiki's HDD >> is >> > still a problem. >> > >> > Then backup, backup, backup is a solution. >> > >> > Yeah, this is from the administrator's point of view, not the user's one. >> > But I can't see any reason why such extension would be useful still. >> > >> > As a sysop of cs.wiki I personally have no problem with sending the >> content >> > or restoring it when there is some reason for it. Yeah, you may say not >> > everybody know that the content could be restored technically. But those >> > who know they may use such extension would know the content can be >> restored >> > too. >> > >> > So instead of thinking about the extension itself I would rather talk >> about >> > the need for it. >> > >> > Best, >> > Martin >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> To unsubscribe, go to: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >To unsubscribe, go to: >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
