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Hi CommRel, We are planning a datacenter switchover for the week of March 1st (week 9) with the following schedule: * Services: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677592832 | Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 14:00 UTC ]] * Traffic: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677596427 | Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 15:00 UTC ]] * MediaWiki: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677679227 | Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 14:00 UTC ]] The switchback date is currently set to Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 (week 17) As the June 2021 switchover resulted in [[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281515#7184061 | 1m57s of read-only time ]], do you think it is reasonable to forgo putting up a banner this time? Thanks!

Hi CommRel, We are planning a datacenter switchover for the week of March 1st (week 9) with the following schedule: * Services: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677592832 | Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 14:00 UTC ]] * Traffic: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677596427 | Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 15:00 UTC ]] * MediaWiki: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677679227 | Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 14:00 UTC ]] The switchback date is currently set to Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 (week 17) As the June 2021 switchover resulted in [[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281515#7184061 | 1m57s of read-only time ]], do you think it is reasonable to forgo putting up a banner this time? Thanks! == Planning == **Three weeks before (Feb 6 - week 6)** [] Ask SRE if anything major changed since the last time (noticeable things that are worth being announced). [] Tech News message (initial warning) [] [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch | Update the message to communities ]] [] Check on dates and links [] 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 (Feb 13 - week 7)** [] Set the banner set for display on all wikis 30 minutes before it happens. [] The banner redirects to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch **The week before (Feb 20 - week 8)** [ ] Emailing mailing lists: [] wikitech-l and translators once again [ ] wmfall (done by Ops) [] Added to the news on the Meta front page [] Send [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch|the message]] to communities [] [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Distribution_list/Non-Technical_Village_Pumps_distribution_list | non-technical village pumps ]] [] bot coordination pages [] Check on translations [] for the banner [] for the message **The week it happens (Feb 27 - week 9)** [] Tech News (this is happening this week) **The week after (March 6 - week 10)** [ ] Debrief how it went, and document (comment on this task)

Hi CommRel, We are planning a datacenter switchover for the week of March 1st (week 9) with the following schedule: * Services: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677592832 | Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 14:00 UTC ]] * Traffic: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677596427 | Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 15:00 UTC ]] * MediaWiki: [[ https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1677679227 | Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 14:00 UTC ]] The switchback date is currently set to Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 (week 17) As the June 2021 switchover resulted in [[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281515#7184061 | 1m57s of read-only time ]], do you think it is reasonable to forgo putting up a banner this time? Thanks! == Planning == **Three weeks before (Feb 6 - week 6)** [] Ask SRE if anything major changed since the last time (noticeable things that are worth being announced). [] Tech News message (initial warning) [] [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch | Update the message to communities ]] [] Check on dates and links [] 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 (Feb 13 - week 7)** [] Set the banner set for display on all wikis 30 minutes before it happens. [] The banner redirects to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch **The week before (Feb 20 - week 8)** [ ] Emailing mailing lists: [] wikitech-l and translators once again [ ] wmfall (done by Ops) [] Added to the news on the Meta front page [] Send [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch|the message]] to communities [] [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Distribution_list/Non-Technical_Village_Pumps_distribution_list | non-technical village pumps ]] [] bot coordination pages [] Check on translations [] for the banner [] for the message **The week it happens (Feb 27 - week 9)** [] Tech News (this is happening this week) **The week after (March 6 - week 10)** [ ] Debrief how it went, and document (comment on this task)