Hi all, I'm forwarding this mail from Sherry Snyder regarding read-only moments on wikis. It will happen on 22nd of March but I hope it won't affect World Mime Day edit-a-thon, cause it will be during low-traffic period. From: *Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder* &lt;ssnyder(a)wikimedia.org&gt; Date: Monday, 14 March 2016 Subject: [GLAM] You will not be able to edit any wiki three times during the next two weeks To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Education < education(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; The Wikimedia Technical department is doing a major test for a new data center. This work will improve the reliability of the servers and their ability to recover from a major disaster. As part of this work, it will briefly be necessary to put all of the wikis into read-only mode. This will make it *impossible to edit or save any page* on Wikipedia or any related project, including the Outreach wiki, during those times. The current schedule [1] is this: * No editing for 5 minutes on Tuesday, 15 March at 07:00 UTC (3:00 a.m. EDT) * No editing for 15 to 30 minutes on Tuesday, 22 March * No editing for 15 to 30 minutes on Thursday, 24 March The exact time for the second and third events has not been determined. It will be posted at [1]. It will probably be during a low-traffic time such as 7:00 UTC. I am sending this information to these lists because being unable to edit would obviously be very disruptive to any training classes or edit-a-thons. I apologize for the late notice. I hope that this will not interfere with any of your work. There is more information posted here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2016 If you have questions for me, then please contact me on wiki at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Whatamidoing_(WMF) [1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Switch_Datacenter#Schedule_for_Q3_FY201… 2016-03-10 10:35 GMT+01:00 Ivana Madžarević &lt;ivana.madzarevic(a)vikimedija.org > Hi again :) > > I just wanted to share with you category on Commons > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Mime_Day_edit-a-thon> > where you can find or/and contribute with your own or released photos. :) > > Regards, > > 2016-03-04 12:54 GMT+01:00 Ivana Madžarević < > ivana.madzarevic(a)vikimedija.org> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm Ivana Madžarević, Project and Community Manager of Wikimedia Serbia >> <https://rs.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0>. >> I'm reaching out to you hoping that you will join organizing World Mime Day >> Wiki edit-a-thon. It's an international event that will be held in several >> countries (so far confirmed) around the world on 22nd of March. >> >> The idea came up in cooperation of Wikimedia Serbia and Serbian actor >> Marko Stojanović (also president of World Mime Organisation >> <http://www.worldmime.org/>). We wanted to enrich Wikipedia and >> Wikimedia Commons with relevant articles and photos of mime artists, >> theaters, festivals, history etc. Mr Stojanović is very well connected with >> institutions who can provide literature, photo materials and maybe even a >> venue for the edit-a-thon. It would have much more impact if it's organized >> in several countries on the same date - similar like Art&Feminism >> edit-a-thons. Organizing such an event will help developing strong >> relations between chapters and building partnerships with relevant >> institutions through networking. >> >> I've created meta page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_Mime_Day_Wiki_edit-a-thon#Time_plan> >> and I'm asking you to join and add information about your chapter if you're >> willing to organize it. So far, several countries confirmed their interest. >> Wikimedians from Bulgaria, Armenia, Macedonia and Georgia will organize it >> and some of them have already contacted institutions who can help with >> sources and photos. Event in Serbia will probably be organized at Singidunum >> faculty <http://eng.singidunum.ac.rs/> in Belgrade. Mr Stojanović is >> preparing photos that will be released and used for illustrating Wikipedia >> articles. >> >> Feel free to contact me if you need any assistance or help. Also, if you >> have any suggestion or comment, do share them. >> >> Cheers! >> -- >> Ивана Маџаревић >> Менаџер пројеката и заједнице >> >> Викимедија Србије - rs.wikimedia.org - >> 00381 (0)60 7 454 773 >> >> „Замислите свет у коме свака особа има слободан приступ целокупном >> људском знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.“ >> >> > > > -- > Ивана Маџаревић > Менаџер пројеката и заједнице > > Викимедија Србије - rs.wikimedia.org - > 00381 (0)60 7 454 773 > > „Замислите свет у коме свака особа има слободан приступ целокупном људском > знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.“ > > -- Ивана Маџаревић Менаџер пројеката и заједнице Викимедија Србије - rs.wikimedia.org - 00381 (0)60 7 454 773 „Замислите свет у коме свака особа има слободан приступ целокупном људском знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.“