Battlestar Wiki:Mirrors
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This page covers other sites that mirror the content of Battlestar Wiki. Users are encouraged to use the mirrors for their research instead; anyone who edits the Wiki is welcome to do so here. Webmasters of Battlestar Galactica sites are encouraged to link to articles on mirrors as well, leaving a primary link to battlestarwiki.org.
Summary
Due to the growth of the wiki, we are requesting that sites who link directly to the Battlestar Wiki's articles and images link to one of our off site mirrors instead. This page will list how to go about setting up a mirror, as well as how to link to one.
Mirroring the Wiki
Due to bandwidth concerns, the MySQL dump of the articles in the database as well as any media files are not available for anyone to download. In order to be an official mirror of the wiki, you must get into contact directly with Joe Beaudoin, who will provide the FTP account.
What is mirrored? What is not?
The optimal mirror only contain copies of articles and items in the "Battlestar Wiki" and "Category" namespaces. They also contain any media, notability images, as well as the image description pages.
Anything else will not be mirrored on the official mirrors. Also mirrors are not editable.
Dates of Article and Media Dumps
"Dumps" of the database and of any media linked in the articles are done on Mondays and Thursdays. These days were chosen as the most optimal time to make backups for the site because most edits are made on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays -- due to the fact that episodes air (in the United States) on Friday night/Saturday morning.
What software and other requirements will I need?
In order to properly mirror Battlestar Wiki, you will need:
For the server (which should have a UNIX (or Linux) based operating system), you will need:
- MySQL (for the database)
- Apache (web server software; Microsoft's IIS will not function as well with MediaWiki software)
- PHP (to generate the MediaWiki pages properly)
Recommended (but not necessary) software includes:
- PHPMyAdmin (web-based software that manages the MySQL database)
Mirrors
This will be where the list of the mirrors will be when they are operational.