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Sunset Wikipedia Zero
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Task for the sunsetting of Wikipedia Zero.

See also:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/16/partnerships-new-approach/
https://medium.com/@refsrc/wikipedia-zero-which-provided-over-800-million-users-in-72-countries-with-access-to-wikipedia-at-ff3014a122e6

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gerritbot added a comment.Mar 26 2019, 12:02 AM

Change 499019 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] dictionary: Remove "mobilelanding"

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/499019

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.33-notes (1.33.0-wmf.23; 2019-03-26).Mar 26 2019, 1:01 AM
hashar awarded a token.May 13 2019, 7:27 AM
• Nuria closed subtask T213770: Remove Zero support in analytics as Resolved.May 14 2019, 8:32 PM
gerritbot added a comment.May 24 2019, 10:01 PM

Change 512442 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mholloway; owner: Michael Holloway):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Remove obsolete Wikipedia Zero bits

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/512442

gerritbot added a comment.May 24 2019, 10:05 PM

Change 512442 abandoned by Mholloway:
Remove obsolete Wikipedia Zero bits

Reason:
Yeah, I assumed the Zero sunset was much further along. Let's put this on ice for now.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/512442

Krinkle updated the task description. (Show Details)May 24 2019, 10:16 PM
Jdforrester-WMF added a project: Release-Engineering-Team (Kanban).May 30 2019, 5:11 PM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Blocked (externally) on the Release-Engineering-Team (Kanban) board.Jun 4 2019, 8:56 PM
greg edited projects, added Release-Engineering-Team-TODO (201907); removed Release-Engineering-Team (Kanban).Jul 1 2019, 9:23 PM
greg moved this task from INBOX to Blocked externally on the Release-Engineering-Team-TODO (201907) board.Jul 1 2019, 9:23 PM
• ema changed the status of subtask T213769: Zero VCL removal from Open to Stalled.Jul 4 2019, 11:56 AM
• ema changed the status of subtask T213769: Zero VCL removal from Stalled to Open.Jul 9 2019, 1:27 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 9 2019, 10:26 PM

Change 521786 had a related patch set uploaded (by MaxSem; owner: MaxSem):
[mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend@master] Stop varying by X-CS

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521786

gerritbot added a comment.Jul 9 2019, 10:51 PM

Change 521786 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend@master] Stop varying by X-CS

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521786

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.34-notes (1.34.0-wmf.14; 2019-07-16).Jul 9 2019, 11:00 PM
• ema closed subtask T213769: Zero VCL removal as Resolved.Jul 10 2019, 1:55 PM
• ema updated the task description. (Show Details)
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Blocked externally to Doing on the Release-Engineering-Team-TODO (201907) board.Jul 10 2019, 3:14 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 3:25 PM

Change 521886 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[operations/dns@master] Drop zero.wikimedia.org (and .wikipedia.org)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521886

gerritbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 3:48 PM

Change 521893 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Mark zerowiki as deleted

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521893

gerritbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 3:48 PM

Change 521894 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Drop references to zerowiki configuration

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521894

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 10 2019, 3:50 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 3:56 PM

Change 521894 abandoned by Jforrester:
Drop references to zerowiki configuration

Reason:
Squashed.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521894

Krinkle mentioned this in T212865: Remove Wikipedia Zero wiki and Zero-related extensions from production.Jul 10 2019, 5:57 PM
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Per https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Delete_a_wiki, I've checked:

  • CentralAuth: There are 0 entires in centralauth.localnames for non-unified zerowiki accounts.
  • GlobalUsage: There are 0 entries in commonswiki.globalimagelinks for zerowiki (as expected, given it was a private fishbowl wiki).
Jdforrester-WMF added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 6:03 PM

Thank you!

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 10 2019, 6:04 PM
Krinkle updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 10 2019, 6:05 PM
Krinkle updated the task description. (Show Details)
Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T215745: Remove stil/gd-text from mediawiki/vendor once the Zero extensions have been undeployed as Resolved.Jul 10 2019, 8:03 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 10 2019, 9:41 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 9:46 PM

Change 521893 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Mark zerowiki as deleted and drop all configuration at once(!)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521893

Stashbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 9:49 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2019-07-10T21:49:45Z] <jforrester@deploy1001> Synchronized dblists/: T187716 Mark zerowiki as deleted in dblists (duration: 01m 00s)

Stashbot added a comment.Jul 10 2019, 9:51 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2019-07-10T21:51:40Z] <jforrester@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: T187716 Drop all zerowiki configuration (duration: 00m 58s)

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 10 2019, 10:00 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 10 2019, 10:18 PM
Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T212864: Disable Wikipedia Zero-related config in production as Resolved.
Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T212865: Remove Wikipedia Zero wiki and Zero-related extensions from production as Resolved.
Jdforrester-WMF removed projects: MW-1.33-notes (1.33.0-wmf.23; 2019-03-26), Patch-For-Review.Jul 10 2019, 10:34 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Doing to Done (within RelEng) on the Release-Engineering-Team-TODO (201907) board.
MaxSem mentioned this in T227731: Archive ZeroPortal and ZeroBanner.Jul 11 2019, 5:17 AM
MaxSem added a subtask: T227731: Archive ZeroPortal and ZeroBanner.
MaxSem updated the task description. (Show Details)
MaxSem added a subtask: T227734: Investigate whether GD is still needed on appservers.Jul 11 2019, 6:09 AM
MaxSem updated the task description. (Show Details)
Andrew closed subtask T227716: Drop DB references from WMCS indexes and replicas for now-deleted zerowiki, if appropriate as Resolved.Jul 11 2019, 7:28 PM
MaxSem closed subtask T227731: Archive ZeroPortal and ZeroBanner as Resolved.Jul 11 2019, 8:14 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 11 2019, 10:57 PM
MaxSem added a subtask: T227843: Deprecate AbuseFilter's support for Zero.Jul 12 2019, 6:16 AM
MaxSem updated the task description. (Show Details)
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 18 2019, 5:58 AM

Change 524088 had a related patch set uploaded (by MaxSem; owner: MaxSem):
[operations/puppet@production] Remove apache config for zero.wikimedia.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/524088

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 18 2019, 5:58 AM
• debt closed subtask T227718: Delete search indices for now-deleted zerowiki from production, if appropriate as Resolved.Jul 19 2019, 3:44 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 19 2019, 3:46 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 22 2019, 10:10 PM

Change 521886 merged by Dzahn:
[operations/dns@master] Drop zero.wikimedia.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/521886

Stashbot added a comment.Jul 22 2019, 10:11 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2019-07-22T22:11:37Z] <mutante> dropped zero.wikiMedia.org from DNS (T187716)

Dzahn updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 22 2019, 10:12 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jul 29 2019, 9:30 PM

Change 524925 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[operations/puppet@production] apache: Stop aliasing zero.wikipedia.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/524925

Krinkle unsubscribed.Jul 29 2019, 9:56 PM
RhinosF1 subscribed.Jul 30 2019, 9:32 PM
• Jhernandez unsubscribed.Aug 7 2019, 6:44 PM
MaxSem closed subtask T227843: Deprecate AbuseFilter's support for Zero as Resolved.Aug 29 2019, 7:36 PM
MaxSem updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 29 2019, 7:44 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Aug 29 2019, 10:00 PM

Change 533345 had a related patch set uploaded (by Krinkle; owner: Krinkle):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Update interwiki-labs.php

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/533345

gerritbot added a comment.Aug 29 2019, 10:08 PM

Change 533345 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Update interwiki-labs.php

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/533345

Jdforrester-WMF edited projects, added Release-Engineering-Team-TODO; removed Release-Engineering-Team-TODO (201907).Sep 11 2019, 5:10 PM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Should be empty (use Release-Engineering-Team) to Blocked externally on the Release-Engineering-Team-TODO board.Sep 11 2019, 5:17 PM
MaxSem added a comment.Sep 11 2019, 9:46 PM

Update on zero.wikipedia.org: in August, the subdomain had received 5398 requests. What do we think is a reasonable cutoff for its removal?

Aklapper mentioned this in T234598: Access Forbidden to Phabricator at WikiArabia 2019 (Morocco) via Indian IP 185.174.156.75.Oct 4 2019, 8:06 AM
Bugreporter mentioned this in T238803: Retire fixcopyright.wikimedia.org.Nov 21 2019, 12:13 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 15 2020, 6:30 PM
TerraCodes unsubscribed.Jan 15 2020, 10:12 PM
Joe closed subtask T227734: Investigate whether GD is still needed on appservers as Declined.Feb 20 2020, 9:39 AM
Marostegui closed subtask T227717: Drop DB tables for now-deleted zerowiki from production as Resolved.Aug 6 2020, 8:33 AM
MaxSem closed this task as Resolved.Aug 6 2020, 1:30 PM
MaxSem updated the task description. (Show Details)

\m/

Jdlrobson awarded a token.Aug 6 2020, 2:45 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Dec 9 2020, 11:00 PM

Change 647379 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn; owner: Dzahn):
[operations/puppet@production] remove zero.wikimedia.org from beta sites

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/647379

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 9 2020, 11:02 PM

Change 647379 merged by Dzahn:
[operations/puppet@production] remove zero.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org from beta sites

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/647379

Stashbot added a comment.Dec 9 2020, 11:04 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-12-09T23:04:07Z] <mutante> zero.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org removed from beta_sites (deployment-prep) T187716

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 14 2020, 7:51 PM

Change 649435 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn; owner: Dzahn):
[operations/puppet@production] httpbb: remove test for 404 on zero.wikimedia.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/649435

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 14 2020, 7:55 PM

Change 649435 merged by Dzahn:
[operations/puppet@production] httpbb: remove test for 404 on zero.wikimedia.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/649435

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 14 2020, 8:29 PM

Change 649442 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn; owner: Dzahn):
[operations/puppet@production] http: stop including zero.wikimedia.org config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/649442

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 14 2020, 9:14 PM

Change 649442 merged by Dzahn:
[operations/puppet@production] http: stop including zero.wikimedia.org config

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/649442

Reedy edited projects, added Technical-Debt; removed MW-1.34-notes (1.34.0-wmf.14; 2019-07-16).Dec 14 2020, 9:17 PM
Dzahn added a comment.Dec 14 2020, 9:35 PM

We now stopped including the zero.wikimedia.org config on the Apache cluster.

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 14 2020, 10:49 PM

Change 524088 merged by Dzahn:
[operations/puppet@production] Remove apache config for zero.wikimedia.org

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/524088

Framawiki unsubscribed.Jan 23 2021, 12:37 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 10 2022, 2:44 PM

Change 524925 merged by Giuseppe Lavagetto:

[operations/puppet@production] apache: Replace zero.wikipedia.org vhost alias with redirect

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/524925

Krinkle mentioned this in T152882: Many misc wikis lack mobile domains.Sep 25 2025, 9:50 PM
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