This was definitely mentioned at Wikimania. What I understood is that it will be hosted externally for performance and reliability reasons, but that the rest should remain the same.
Anyway, I'm not an expert here, just what I understood from Matthew Roth & friends Lodewijk 2013/9/5 Richard Symonds <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> > This is being discussed on-wiki too, at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy#Blog_not_hosted_by_WordPress.3F > . > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > > On 5 September 2013 14:00, Neil Harris <n...@tonal.clara.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 05/09/13 13:37, MZMcBride wrote: > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> The recent draft privacy policy mentions that the Wikimedia blog > >> (<https://blog.wikimedia.org>) will soon be hosted by WordPress.com. > >> > >> Was this discussed anywhere? If so, where? > >> > >> What is the proposed URL structure of a blog hosted by WordPress.com? I > >> think there's a reasonable expectation that when a user visits > >> *.wikimedia.org, we don't simply send his or her browser info to a > third > >> party without his or her consent. This has come up previously with > Jobvite > >> and iframes. It's also come up with the use of tracking tools such as > >> Google Analytics, which not only affect one-time visitors, but aim to > >> persist client-side. > >> > >> How will the blog be backed up? Relying on an external service means not > >> being in control of the data. Will there be regular backups made to > ensure > >> that if WordPress.com goes away, we won't lose all of our posts? > >> > >> MZMcBride > >> > >> > >> > >> > > I agree: this does seem to be a curious decision, at odds with the WMF's > > general policy of self-hosting as much as possible in order to maintain > > maximum independence from outside entities, particularly in the context > of > > the recent concerns about privacy. I would have thought that maintaining > a > > WordPress installation would be well within the WMF's capabilities. > > > > Neil > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@**lists.wikimedia.org< > wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > ?subject=**unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>