[Couchdb Wiki] Update of "Replication" by RobertNewson

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http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Replication?action=diff&rev1=53&rev2=54

Comment:
_replicator is a complementary feature, not a replacement for _replicate

  
  Changes on the master will not automatically replicate to the slaves. See “Continuous Replication” below.
  
- === Run Replication, using the old API ===
+ === One-shot Replication ===
  
+ One-shot replication is triggered by sending a POST request to the `_replicate` URL.
- 
- '''NOTE:''' Before CouchDB 1.1, replication was triggered by sending a POST request to the `_replicate` URL. Many of the concepts and parameters are similar, but '''you are encouraged to use the [[#Replicator_database|replicator database]] instead''' of the old API documented here.
  
  The body is JSON with the following allowed fields:
  
@@ -75, +74 @@

  
  
  === Continuous replication ===
+ 
  To make replication continuous, add "continuous":true parameter to JSON, for example:
  
  {{{
@@ -216, +216 @@

  
  == Replicator database ==
  
- Since CouchDB 1.1.0, a system database named `_replicator` can be used to manage replications. Replications triggered by POSTing to /_replicate/ (the old API) are not managed by this system database.
+ Since CouchDB 1.1.0, a system database named `_replicator` can be used to manage replications. Replications triggered by POSTing to /_replicate are not managed by this system database.
  The currently most reliable documentation about it can be found at:
  
  https://gist.github.com/832610  (from the author)