WMUK wiki migration
Wikimedia UK's wiki has been migrated from the Wikimedia Foundation's datacenter to the Wikimedia UK's one.
What about me?
Activate "Enable email from other users" in your user profile now! That we get a chance to communicate to you your new password. To do this:
- Log in to your account
- Click 'Preferences' (or 'Dewisiadau') in the top-right of the page
- Near the bottom of the page, enter your email address (if not already entered)
- Select the check box marked 'Enable e-mail from other users' (or 'Galluogi e-bost oddi wrth ddefnyddwyr eraill')
- Save your preferences by clicking on the button at the bottom of the screen.
What will the impact be?
- The wiki will be in read-only mode for a few hours
- User will lose (and thus have to reset) their account configuration; this includes:
- watch lists
- account configuration
- email and password
What else will change?
The domain name of the website will change from
uk.wikimedia.org
to
www.wikimedia.org.uk
While automatic redirect will exist from the current domain, users should update their bookmarks to use the new address.
Saving your watchlist
To manually migrate your watchlist, go to Special:EditWatchlist/raw and save everything within the Titles: text box in a text file on your computer. On the new wiki after migration, again go to Special:EditWatchlist/raw and this time paste what you previously saved into the text box and click "Update watchlist".
When?
Last friday of September 2013: the 27th, 8PM UTC.
How?
Have a look to our strategy.