On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Shriram Getc <shriram.g...@yahoo.com> wrote: > In order to obtain current events from the Wikipedia in wiki markup, an > application generally needs to take the following steps: > 1. Construct the current date string in the form of "YYYY_MO_DA", e.g., > "2009_April_1" > 2. Perform GET by the URL for the given date string for viewing the page > source, e.g, > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2009_April_1&action=edit > 3. Pick the content of the HTML <textarea> element. > > Since not documented, i'm wondering whether the above is the expected way of > accessing the current events in Wikipedia? Or is there a more elegant > solution for the same task?
Dunno, but your post ended up in my spam filter for some reason. FYI in case it helps and in case others also had the same problem. Hopefully this repost won't have the same problems. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
