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Anything that would edit the database would either be disabled or generate an error- preferences and watchlist edition is handled on the database, so it would not be available. It is important to note that while we require a 30 minute window, we expect, if things go well,
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Maybe it is relevant, as the context why read only is needed is "to provide dedicated database resources to Wikidata due to its growth", which is kind of a big deal?TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181645EMAIL
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That seems right, according to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#What_is_typically_not_included : "Changes only relevant for one language or one wiki"TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181645EMAIL
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Maybe it is too late now? This is happening in exactly 1 week.TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181645EMAIL PREFERENCEShttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/To: Lea_Lacroix_WMDE, jcrespoCc:
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