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The Toolserver: The hacker's way of surfing the wiki

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The Toolserver: The hacker's way of surfing the wiki

Presenter Daniel Kinzler (Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.)
Themes Technology
About the presenter
Daniel "Duesentrieb" Kinzler (daniel.kinzler AT wikimedia.de) has studied computer science and formal logics in Leipzig, Germany. WikiWord is the result of his diploma thesis. He's a long time Wikipedia and Commons admin, MediaWiki develooper and toolserver root. He is currently employed by Wikimedia Germany as a software developer.
Abstract

The Toolserver cluster provides database access to interested hackers and researches. It has become an important part of Wikimedia's ecosystem.

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