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From: Benoît Evellin (Trizek) <bevellin(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct, 2020, 7:57 pm
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Important: Server switch on October 27
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
[Sorry for cross-posting]
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The Wikimedia Foundation <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/> tests the
switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure
that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a
disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology
department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can
reliably switch from one datacenter to the other. It requires many teams to
prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on *Tuesday,
October 27 2020*.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F>, all editing
must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and
we are working to minimize it in the future.
*You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of
time.*
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, October 27.
The test will start at 14:00 UTC
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603807200> (14:00 WET, 15:00 CET,
10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 03:00
NZDT on Wednesday October 28).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error
message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we
can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until
everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit.
But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
*Other effects*:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links
might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is
already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual.
Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of October 26, 2020.
Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at
wikitech.wikimedia.org
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Switch_Datacenter#Schedule_for_2020_swi…>.
Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more
notifications about this. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30
minutes before this operation happens. *Please share this information with
your community.*
--
Benoît Evellin - Trizek (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ,
ਉਮੀਦ ਹੈ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਠੀਕ ਹੋਵੋਂਗੇ। ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਨੇਹਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਵੀ ਦੋਸਤ Jio
Phone ਵਰਤਦੇ ਹਨ ਉਹ ਹੁਣ Jio Store ਰਾਹੀਂ Wikipedia Application ਡਾਊਨਲੋਡ ਕਰਕੇ
ਵਰਤ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਹ ਇੱਕ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਦਾ ਨਤੀਜਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਵੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਾਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਹਨ ਕਿ
ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਸੇ ਬਿਨਾ ਟੱਚਸਕ੍ਰੀਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਫੋਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਪੜ੍ਹਿਆ ਜਾ
ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।
ਧੰਨਵਾਦ।
ਸਤਪਾਲ
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From: Runa Bhattacharjee <rbhattacharjee(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 12:19 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] New Wikipedia mobile app now available for
KaiOS phones
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
There is now an additional way to browse Wikipedia in India! We are happy
to confirm that the Wikipedia app is available on the top 3 mobile phone
operating system platforms in India - Android, iOS and newly KaiOS, which
is provided through Jiophones [1]. Jiophone users can download and install
the Wikipedia app on the JioStore.
This first release is focused on how to make it easier to read Wikipedia on
a phone that does not have a touch screen. The platform supports over 100
languages for reading, and we appreciate that volunteers have fully
translated the Wikipedia app user interface into five Indian languages so
far: Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Odia, and Punjabi. The app will continue to
have updates and reach more countries over time.
If you (or someone you know) own a Jiophone, please give the app a try by
downloading it from the JioStore. We would like to hear about your
experience with it. Let us know about issues or bugs through the in-app
feedback feature, through the project talk page [2], or through Phabricator
[3].
To enable the app to reach readers in even more Indian languages, we would
greatly appreciate additional translations of the user interface on
Translatewiki.net [4].
To know more about the app and our work, and why we believe this project is
so important to help us reach new users, you can see the main page for the
app [5] and the Questions and Answers page [6]. We welcome your comments,
suggestions, and feedback on the related talk page [2].
Lastly, please, do share this message on other venues of interest for
community members in India.
Kind regards,
Angie Muigai, Lead Product Manager
Runa Bhattacharjee, Engineering Director
(on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Inuka team[7])
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jio#JioPhone
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_for_KaiOS
[3]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=kaios-wi…
[4]
https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=wik…
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS
[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS/FAQ
[7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Inuka_team
--
best regards,
Runa Bhattacharjee (she/her)
Director Engineering, Language and Inuka
Wikimedia Foundation
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