[wp-docs] Dump of the Codex?

[Lorelle on WordPress]

We've been waiting for a while for an update to MediaWiki. As the Codex is
so locked in with the WordPress.org site, a specialist must handle that and
we're hoping that will happen soon.

Curious as to the stats you are seeking as MediaWiki has stats for activity
included on the special pages for the Codex, which would not require
downloading the whole Codex. Can you see those? If you can't, let me know
what specific numbers you are looking for and I'll help get them to you.
Anything that can encourage more activity is always welcome.

A P2 theme for the Codex docs team would allow anyone to post to it. Easy
and simple. Even email notifications.

Thanks,

Lorelle


On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Jan Fabry <jan.fabry at monkeyman.be> wrote:

> On Friday, May 27, 2011 7:59:02 PM UTC+2, Lorelle on WordPress wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by the upgrade plans for the Codex.
>
>
> The current version of MediaWiki would provide an easy way to download all
> pages and their history. So if the Codex will be upgraded in the near future
> I can wait for that. Otherwise I would create a way around it, with a script
> that will do multiple export requests.
>
>
>> I did a little searching for you.
>>
>> http://cleverwp.com/download-292-pages-of-wordpress-functions/
>> http://download-book.net/wordpress-codex-in-pdf.html
>>
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-codex-documentation-as-a-single-download
>> http://www.bluelayermedia.com/blog/downloadable-wordpress-codex
>>
>> http://www.hotfilesearch.com/download/52936108-Wordpress-CODEX-Offline-V2.zip.html
>> http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/codex-and-pdf/
>> Use HTTrack to download all the pages
>>
>
> Thank you for that! However, I want frequent (say weekly) dumps, to get
> some interesting statistics, which should result in ways to encourage people
> even more to contribute to the codex.
>
>
>> Not sure why the duplicate mirror on Google Groups is important to do as
>> I've talked to Jane Wells and Andrew Nacin and others about moving this to a
>> P2 site as soon as possible, as many of the other groups have done. Did
>> WordPress Foundation ask you to set up the mirror? Just trying to
>> understand.
>>
>
> No, nobody asked me to do it. I just thought that it would be easier to
> read the group like that. I only read about the plans to move to P2 after I
> set up the mirror. (The only downside to a blog instead of a mailing list is
> that it is harder for a newcomer to start a new topic - like this one. Or is
> there a "submit a post" possibility?)
>
> Thanks,
>>
>> Lorelle
>>
>
> Thank you, for all the work you have done to educate users and maintain
> resources for developers. I hope I can use the "good vibes" that I got from
> the WordPress Stack Exchange to improve the Codex too.
>
> Greetings from a sunny Belgium (we could use some rain here),
>
> Jan
>
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