Hoi,
When disaster strikes, it does not matter really who is to blame. What
matters is how to get things back into a working state. This will take both
the Foundation and the technical team.
Given that some members of the technical team represent the technical
ability of the Wikimedia Foundation, the notion of who is to blame is not a
productive one anyway. I am sure that everyone will be relieved when there
is proper backup and recovery strategy in the first place. When there is a
workable strategy it would be nice if this is communicated because it will
make the people involved in Commons less anxious.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8/10/07, Rob Church <robchur(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/08/07, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com> wrote:
OK, my bad wording. The important thing is the
backup. I would really
like someone to do that manual backup. I don't care about if it exists
on the web. I just care that it exists, somewhere (or some few
places), for sure. So, you know. If all that's needed is for someone
to rent a car, then let's do that. :)
It's worth pointing out here that if Wikimedia isn't backing up *all
content* in an appropriate fashion, then this needs to be addressed,
and the blame lies with the Foundation itself for not establishing or
confirming that such things are addressed, and *not* with the existing
technical team.
Rob Church
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