Hi Geni (and all)

We have moved to 1.35.4 (the latest LTS version) this evening.

I think it's fair to say that the old site was the result of many years of incremental upgrades and changes which were making it difficult to maintain and do major or minor updates in the usual way. Upgrades to PHP also had the potential to affect Wordpress, so that needed to be evaluated. Our IT contractor has therefore created a new site with a fresh configuration and set of extensions, which can be updated as needed.

I understand the frustration that has been expressed over the past few weeks about Wikimedia UK's IT infrastructure. This year much of our focus (including time, energy and development budget) has been spent on creating and launching our new public-facing Wordpress-based website, which is here. I'm sorry if that has meant less attention has been given to maintaining the wiki site. I do appreciate the community drawing attention to some of these issues, and your interest in ensuring that our IT is fit for purpose.

Best wishes

Lucy

On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 00:14, geni <geniice@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 09:22, Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Thank you Sam, I've been on annual leave while I moved house but I did mean to email back to say that our IT contractor was looking at it. I will now pass on the gentle nudge! Best, Lucy

4 weeks; Still reads version 1.31.0. Which presumably means you also missed the 16 security and maintenance patches on this version. I understand that you might prefer a gentle nudge but this is very much the point where you fix it now or admit you can't maintain it and pull it.
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geni
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