One small correction, let's not bug the Ops folks during the change in #wikimedia-operations. :) Instead join #wikimedia-tech and folks will help relay information. Yours, Chris Koerner Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Chris Koerner <ckoer...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > (I posted this on the the Commons Village Pump, apologies for cross-posting) > > The Multimedia team at the foundation is getting closer to enabling support > for uploading and displaying 3D models on Commons. We have to do some work > on the database to get ready for 3D file support. This means we'll need to > put Commons in read-only mode for about 30 minutes on Wednesday October, > 11th at 6:00 UTC. [0] > > You will be able to read, but not edit Commons for a short period of time. > > * You will not be able to edit or upload media for approximately 30 minutes > on Wednesday, 11 October, starting at 6:00 UTC (07:00 BST, 08:00 CEST, 02:00 > EDT, 23:00 PDT). > * If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error > message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we > can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until > everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. > But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case. > Why? > > The team needs to modify the database primary master so it understands this > new file type. This will then allow for the future ability to upload and > display 3D models on Commons (and embed in other Wikimedia projects). Want a > sneak-peek? Take a look at this programmatically created crystal on Test > Wikipedia. [1] It is important to note that the ability to upload 3D files > will not be available immediately after the maintenance ends (but at a later > date), this only involves the contributor-impacting database work. > > How can folks monitor? > > You can keep track of the changes by joining #wikimedia-operations on > freenode.net > > Where do I go with issues? > > If you have issues after the database work is completed, please report a > ticket on the Wikimedia Bug tracker, Phabricator. [2] > > Please help share this with your community. > > [0] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168661 > [1] > https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Programmatically_created_crystal.stl > [2] http://phabricator.wikimedia.org > > Yours, > Chris Koerner > Community Liaison > Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
