Good morning chapter members, Please read an important update from the Wikimedia Foundation below.
We encourage members to assist us with translating the banner mentioned below, into our local languages if you are able to. Best Regards - Wikimedia South Africa ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Eliza Blackorby <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 16 Sept 2025 at 18:59 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Server switch and read-only time - September 24 To: <[email protected]> Hello, A server switch will happen on Wednesday, September 24, at 15:00 UTC. All wikis will be in read-only mode for a few minutes. We will inform communities as we usually do through Tech News. Also, a banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the event. We need your assistance to inform your communities through local channels. You can link to the information page we usually use: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch. Thank you in advance, Eliza -- Eliza Blackorby Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Tech) Wikimedia Foundation GMT-4 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s
