Regarding the move of the portal to a git-based system,
as I explained in
great detail in my 18 comments on T110070
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110070>, this move was done in
partnership with Mxn, the primary maintainer of the portal in its previous
system. Mxn and I spoke in person about the portal at Wikimania 2015,
which was what really kicked this project off; I also mentioned that in
my very comment <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110070#1568488> on
that T110070. I was also very clear in my comments on the task
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110070#1653320> that we were
specifically trying to improve only
wikipedia.org to keep our work
manageable and maintain cost effectiveness for our efforts.
, perhaps you can respond at
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135929>?
MZMcBride