Thread:ToyStoryFan123/@comment-192.81.1.244-20140403235333/@comment-24767587-20140405204908

Hi Roger and thanks for the reply,

- I just wasn't logged in since I can't seem to press the post (or reply, for that matter) button in firefox so I had to fire up chromium which wasn't logged in and didn't bother since I was able to post without (and my nickname doesn't really make me any less anonymous since I don't have much of a reputation on this site and the fixes I did that were encountered when I parsed the data were mostly submitted anonymously as well).

- The dump is used to create a Simpsons visualization as part of a CS graduate class at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (so I'm probably not going to be the only user, as others teams are likely to need to access the data in some form or another and this site seems like the perfect source. I would be happy to post the link of our team's final visualization which is due Apr 23rd. All code is open sourced.

- If there is no dump available, I would probably have to use the api to extract the newer information which creates an unnecessary burden on your website (and on me since I already wrote the XML parser for the dump file).

- The dump is free and created by wikia which creates backups anyway. However, only an admin can request a new public dump (with the simple press of a button).

- I do not see any downside of having a more recent dump for this simpsons wiki.

I hope the clarifications help. Feel free to get back to me if you need more.

Cheers,

andy