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Concerns addressed in the About the Move or the FAQ sections are removed from the list
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== Request for Concerns == | |||
[[User:Ray King]] has asked me to help consolidate the wikis that he hosts onto a single well-maintained wiki hosting platform. This includes WikiIndex. Some of the advantages of the new platform include regular upgrades of MediaWiki as well as as better backup procedures. Although I'm starting to work on the migration today (November 14, 2014) I won't be actually switching over to the new server until sometime late next week at the very earliest. I'd like to prune back the extensions to just those that are regularly used in order to reduce the maintenance overhead for upgrades and the like. I may also get a chance to address existing annoyances like the large volume of spam accounts. I ask the community to help me create a prioritized list of the most important aspects of WikiIndex that need to be preserved and addressed during the move. -- [[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]]) 22:25, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | [[User:Ray King]] has asked me to help consolidate the wikis that he hosts onto a single well-maintained wiki hosting platform. This includes WikiIndex. Some of the advantages of the new platform include regular upgrades of MediaWiki as well as as better backup procedures. Although I'm starting to work on the migration today (November 14, 2014) I won't be actually switching over to the new server until sometime late next week at the very earliest. I'd like to prune back the extensions to just those that are regularly used in order to reduce the maintenance overhead for upgrades and the like. I may also get a chance to address existing annoyances like the large volume of spam accounts. I ask the community to help me create a prioritized list of the most important aspects of WikiIndex that need to be preserved and addressed during the move. -- [[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]]) 22:25, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | ||
== To Preserve/Address ... a prioritized list of WikiIndex [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] concerns == | == To Preserve/Address ... a prioritized list of WikiIndex [[WikiIndex:ServerMove|ServerMove]] concerns == | ||
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* See [[Talk:YiFei#Preventing_account_creation|Preventing_account_creation]] for the discussed transition from [[Special:AbuseFilter]] to [[mw:Extension:TitleBlacklist]] (installed recently) [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 22:47, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | * See [[Talk:YiFei#Preventing_account_creation|Preventing_account_creation]] for the discussed transition from [[Special:AbuseFilter]] to [[mw:Extension:TitleBlacklist]] (installed recently) [[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 22:47, 14 November 2014 (UTC) | ||
* Amongst the large number of unused accounts there could be a mentionable amount of accounts which could not be activated due to the recent but now solved e-mail-Verification problem. These should not be deleted: (unused, unblocked, but with email). | * Amongst the large number of unused accounts there could be a mentionable amount of accounts which could not be activated due to the recent but now solved e-mail-Verification problem. These should not be deleted: (unused, unblocked, but with email). | ||
== No concerns have == | == No concerns have == | ||
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There should be few (if any) visible differences for WikiIndex once the move is complete. It is simply moving from one hosting platform to another. Here are the steps I plan to follow during the move. | There should be few (if any) visible differences for WikiIndex once the move is complete. It is simply moving from one hosting platform to another. Here are the steps I plan to follow during the move. | ||
Prior to the move | === Prior to the move === | ||
# A complete backup of the wiki will be made (done as of November 14, 2014) | # A complete backup of the wiki will be made (done as of November 14, 2014) | ||
# The backup of WikiIndex will be restored at another temporary domain. | # The backup of WikiIndex will be restored at another temporary domain. | ||
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# Once given the thumbs up from the community the actual move will begin. | # Once given the thumbs up from the community the actual move will begin. | ||
The actual move | === The actual move === | ||
# WikiIndex.org will be switched into read-only mode to ensure that the database is in a consistent state and that no accounts or edits are created (and subsequently lost) during the move. | # WikiIndex.org will be switched into read-only mode to ensure that the database is in a consistent state and that no accounts or edits are created (and subsequently lost) during the move. | ||
# A site message banner will be added to the top of the site on every page that indicates the move is in progress. | # A site message banner will be added to the top of the site on every page that indicates the move is in progress. | ||
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# The new server is not in read-only mode and does not have the banner on it telling about the move. | # The new server is not in read-only mode and does not have the banner on it telling about the move. | ||
Burn-in | === Burn-in === | ||
# Once DNS has propagated for you you will see WikiIndex.org looking and acting like it did before (no longer read-only, no longer having a banner). | # Once DNS has propagated for you you will see WikiIndex.org looking and acting like it did before (no longer read-only, no longer having a banner). | ||
# Use it just like you normally would and report any issues to me ([[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]])). | # Use it just like you normally would and report any issues to me ([[User:BrandonCsSanders|BrandonCsSanders]] ([[User talk:BrandonCsSanders|talk]])). | ||
# Once we feel good that all is as it should be the original server will be decommissioned. Until that time it is available as a failsafe backup server that we can revert to (unlikely that we'll need to do that). | # Once we feel good that all is as it should be the original server will be decommissioned. Until that time it is available as a failsafe backup server that we can revert to (unlikely that we'll need to do that). | ||
Post move | === Post move === | ||
# If the community wants to switch canonical domains from wikiindex.org to index.wiki that can be arranged. | # If the community wants to switch canonical domains from wikiindex.org to index.wiki that can be arranged. | ||
== FAQs == | |||
=== Is this move to another server, another farm, or also another domain? === | |||
The move is to a new server on a different mediawiki hosting platform. A different domain (e.g., index.wiki) can be adopted after the move if desired but the domain will remain unchanged during the move. | |||
The mediawiki hosting platform we are moving to is owned by Top Level Design. Top Level Design is [[User:Ray King]]'s company and is the .wiki registry operator. | |||
=== How does it relate to create.wiki? === | |||
Top Level Design is hosting some friendly wikis on their create.wiki farm for free. The http://create.wiki site is just the landing page for the hosting platform (i.e., wiki farm). There is no reason why http://create.wiki would be visible to any visitors to WikiIndex. | |||
=== Can I see an example? === | |||
See http://icannwiki.com for an example of a friendly wiki that has been moved to the create.wiki hosting platform. Notice that there are no references to the fact that it is hosted on the create.wiki farm anywhere on ICANNWiki. | |||
=== Can we move to index.wiki or another domain name? === | |||
Yes. after the move is complete. Index.wiki is reserved by Top Level Design (the .wiki registry) and is available for use by this community if desired. | |||