Last modified: 2009-01-14 03:01:57 UTC
Special:Export needs menu items added: "select all pages in namespace a, b, c,... all." Without that, saying that one's content is "freely available" is a joke, as the user is otherwise is discouraged from getting more than a few pages at at a time... "Sure, copy my whole website, no problem", (but turn purple trying!) (OK, not practical on bigger wikis.)
Indeed, this is not practical. ;) We provide tools for building bulk dumps for this.
Now turning to API for solutions http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.api/thread=845