Re: [MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-03 Thread Jean Valjean
I think there are still some deleted pages that fall through the cracks of Deletionpedia, Speedy Deletion Wiki, etc. I know there have been many times I've wanted this functionality, but on the other hand, I've also had local hard drives crash, so I would've lost all those revisions anyway in the

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-02 Thread George Henne
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 whic

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-02 Thread Martin Urbanec
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

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-02 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
To preserve, backup, archive or otherwise find out about existing resources which would help with those activities, check out http://www.archiveteam.org and http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=WikiTeam Greg Rundlett https://eQuality-Tech.com https://freephile.org ___

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-02 Thread Jean Valjean
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

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-01 Thread Martin Urbanec
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, b

[MediaWiki-l] Browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine

2017-05-01 Thread Jean Valjean
I want to develop a browser extension to save the text of all submitted revisions to the local machine. So for example, suppose you are editing a wiki and you click "save". Your browser would then save a copy of that revision on your hard drive. Then you would have all those submissions saved as b