Talk:Wget

message: Is Wget really a FTP client ?
It can get from a ftp server but I think it cannot put a file on the server Arno. 12:29, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No mention of FTP upload as a feature in 1.8.1 manual.  But I think could still call it an FTP client, although not a very full featured one.  I'm not a fan of categories anyway though. --Pmsyyz 18:30, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: Wget is an FTP client in that it talks to FTP servers via the FTP protocol.  It doesn't support upload, but it doesn't upload to HTTP either.
I've restored the "FTP clients" category because Wget really is an FTP client.  I've removed the "Download managers" category because it's not really a download manager in the sense of GetRight, FlashGet and such.  It is more of a one-shot downloading/mirroring agent. Hniksic 16:35, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: The "considerate downloading" section doesn't sound like it belongs in this article.  It doesn't really describe Wget, it's written in more of a tutorial style ("you should" do this or that), and it definitely doesn't belong under the "features" headline. 83.131.32.185 13:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Considerate downloading is misplaced 

message: A description of the proper way to download entire pages of Wikipedia would be very useful and appreciated.
--Lucas Gallindo 18:07, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:DUMP. ffm yes? 22:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proper way to download from Wikipedia (or from any Wiki) 

message: Most or all of those criticisms fail the WP:WEASEL criteria.  Please fix or remove them.  At a glance, it looks like some should be partially folded into the other sections of the article and the rest should be deleted. Gronky 14:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, there were no objections or better suggestions, so below (between two horizontal bars) is a copy of the criticisms section I just removed from the article.  The contents should be merged into the relevent parts of the article if/where appropriate. Gronky 21:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The intention of the "crazy" criticism section was to maintain NPOV because without it the article read like extended praising of the program.  Unfortunately you're right about the weasel words -- although all the criticisms have surfaced on the various public forums, I didn't have the time or the inclination to properly document them. 213.147.97.170 10:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite it being a bit opinionated and over the top,  I think a part of it should be left in rather than taking out the entire section.--NeF (talk) 04:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The criticism section is crazy 

message: Just to let you know. The purpose of selecting an article is both to point readers to the article and to highlight it to potential contributors. It will remain on the portal for a week or so. The previous selected article was OGRE 3D - a 3D graphics engine for games.
For other interesting free software articles, you can take a look at the archive of PF's selectees. --Gronky (talk) 10:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Things moved on, as normal, and the new selectee is Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, a GNU/Linux distro of historical interest. --Gronky (talk) 14:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Portal:Free software]]: wget is now the selected article 

message: This is one of the few Unix program articles which isn't just a rewrite of the man page - this means that it is significantly improved by the removal of the entire manual section. I'm going to restore this revision unless a better rationale is provided than "it's useful", which doesn't hold any water. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 15:10, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manual material 

message: According to this piece:
Evidence presented during Private Manning’s court-martial for his role as the source for large archives of military and diplomatic files given to WikiLeaks revealed that he had used a program called “wget” to download the batches of files. That program automates the retrieval of large numbers of files, but it is considered less powerful than the tool Mr. Snowden used.
I wonder if Manning and/or WikiLeaks should be mentioned in the wget article. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:49, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think it would be a notable use and should be included! - Ahunt (talk) 12:35, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  - Ahunt (talk) 00:35, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Chelsea Manning|Manning]] + [[WikiLeaks]] 

message: The article should mentions the behavior of wget if executed from the command line when the present directory is not an empty folder:
By default if there are no options then it will try to avoid overwriting existing files.
If the commonly used -r (--recursive) option, the -p (--page-requisite) option, or the -O (--output=) option is used, then it may ovewrite existing files!  Recursive use (the -r option) may also cause wget to ascend into a higher directory (definitely not desired; can be suppressed with the -np or --no-parent option).  Finally, to overwrite the existing file when the downloaded file has a newer timestamp, use -N, and to avoid overwriting files at all, use the -nc (which stands for “--no-clobber”) option, for example
  wget -nc http://example.com.
108.31.167.36 (talk) 19:44, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Reference? - Ahunt (talk) 23:29, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  overwriting of files