On 20 January 2012 01:06, Ryan Lane <[email protected]> wrote: >> No, there isn't a difference. A blackout where everyone sees a page >> with a particular message instead of the article they wanted is >> exactly the same as unscheduled downtime where everyone sees a page >> with a particular message instead of the article they wanted. If >> search engines and caches can survive one of them, they can survive >> both, since they are identical from an external perspective. >> > > I'm sorry. but this is silly. I have a hard time believing that you > aren't simply trolling here.
How is it silly? I'm not trolling, I just think the way the blackout was implemented looked really unprofessional and I can't see any good reason for not having done a better job. All we wanted was for anyone viewing any page on the site to see a particular static page rather than what they would usually see. That isn't difficult to do, as evidenced by the fact that it happens automatically whenever the site breaks. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
