Assuming there's no easy way to merge the databases, we are fine with dropping the old db. I believe most content was imported to the current wiki at the time of the migration, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T25537. An xml dump was used, not an SQL one, so I suppose stuff like logs may not have been preserved, but in any case it's not critical that we preserve all that historical info. I mean, it would certainly be nice, but we can live without it.
Or we could use the pt2wikimedia, as that would allow future archeologists to recover the data from the beginning of the wiki :) Either option is fine. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:13 PM, This, that and the other < [email protected]> wrote: > Why not just delete the old ptwikimedia site and put the new one in its > place, using the same dbname? > > The old wiki is inaccessible, since pt.wikimedia.org redirects offsite, > so it's unclear if the old DB even needs to be preserved. And presumably > any configuration bits that refer to ptwikimedia will still be relevant to > the new site. > > If for some reason that is not feasible, I guess pt2wikimedia is > acceptable, though only as a last resort. As I've said before, there really > needs to be a better way to rename wikis without wasting hours of > everyone's time... > > TTO > > -- > "Alex Monk" wrote in message > news:CALMPGzX_E4ML0xD2A_2vTRZ+2a+nWtpC9KkJe58x=mdg-uo...@mail.gmail.com... > > > Hi all, > > A request has come up (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126832) to > re-create pt.wikimedia.org on the wikimedia cluster. Unfortunately it was > previously hosted there and so the 'ptwikimedia' database name is already > taken. > Since database renaming does not really appear to be an option, does anyone > have any objections to using 'pt2wikimedia' (or similar, suggestions > welcome) instead for the new wiki? I know this doesn't fit the existing > pattern so I'm unsure about just going ahead without asking for input from > a wider audience. > > Alex > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
