Hi CommRel,
We are planning a datacenter switchover (switching back from codfw -> eqiad) for the week of Sept 13th - do you see any issues/conflicts with those dates and do they work for you?
Past: T281209: CommRel support for June 2021 Switchover, https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Relations_Specialists/codfw
Planning
Three weeks before - Aug 16
- Tech News (initial warning)
- Update the message to communities
- Have the message being translated by emailing both:
- translators-l for translations
- wikitech-l for information and translations
- Monitor the message's talk page
Two weeks before - Aug 30
- Set the banner for a display on all wikis 30 minutes before it happens
- Note: the banner will be used for a read-only on August 25. Please don't edit it until Aug 30 week.
The week before - Sept 6
- Emailing mailing lists:
- wikitech-l and translators once again
- Added to the news on the Meta front page
- Message communities
- non-technical village pumps
- bot coordination pages
The week it happens - Sept 13
- Tech News (this is happening this week)
The week after
- Debrief