UESPWiki:Archive/CP UESPWiki Upgrade

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UESPWiki Upgrade

I'm preparing to upgrade the MediaWiki software that powers UESPWiki, from MediaWiki 1.10 to MediaWiki 1.14. Details of what types of new features and other changes can be expected are provided at MediaWiki 1.14 Upgrade.

The most immediate impact on the community is that UESPWiki will be unavailable for editing while the upgrade is being done. The upgrade is tentatively scheduled to happen early on Wednesday June 24th, starting at about 2 am EDT (6 am GMT) and lasting for three hours (hopefully). During that period, the wiki will be in read-only mode, meaning no edits or changes to the site will be possible. It should still be possible to view all of the site's articles, although the performance and reliability of UESP may be sub-standard. Site notices (messages displayed at the top of all wiki pages) will be used to let everyone know when the upgrade has started and when it is complete.

If you have any concerns or questions about the upgrade, please post them on the upgrade talk page. --Nephele^Talk 22:02, 15 June 2009 (EDT)

I'm hoping to start the upgrade in a few hours. The biggest issue right now is that the job queue has more than 7000 jobs to process. While most of that is left over from my edits last night, any new template edits just make things worse. So could I request that nobody modify any templates until after the upgrade is done? Also, I'm increasing the job queue rate for the next few hours to try to get the site caught up -- which means that the site is likely to be somewhat sluggish. Worst case, I can force the queue to catch up manually, but that will just make the upgrade take even longer, and I'd like to get some sleep tonight ;) --Nephele^Talk 22:09, 23 June 2009 (EDT)