On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 4:09 PM MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> Pete Forsyth wrote: > >Lisa presented some alternative strategies for revenue needs for the > >Foundation, including the possibility of charging for premium access to > >the services and APIs, expanding major donor and foundation fundraising, > >providing specific services for a fee, or limiting the Wikimedia > >Foundation's growth. The Board emphasized the importance of keeping free > >access to the existing APIs and services, keeping operational growth in > >line with the organization's effectiveness, providing room for innovation > >in the Foundation's activities, and other potential fundraising > >strategies. > > This reminds me of the Wikimedia update feed service: > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_update_feed_service>. The > Wikimedia Foundation basically allowed large search engines to access a > private faster and dedicated stream of recent changes to Wikimedia wikis > for a fee. While Google isn't mentioned on the Meta-Wiki page, I have a > vague memory that they were (and maybe still are) involved. > I believe it was Yahoo. They were allowing us to use some of their servers in Asia back in the day, and I believe they also paid for large-scale access. There was even a special dump with the article start sections for them. > Somewhat related, there is also search.wikimedia.org: > <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Search.wikimedia.org>. This service > was designed to give Apple a fast and dedicated stream for title prefix > searches. Apple's built-in Dictionary application has been the primary > consumer of this feed, though I believe it's open to anyone. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
