On Nov 3, 2012 1:10 PM, "Juergen Fenn" <schneeschmelze@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Erik, I would like to ask you to re-schedule the migration for some
> weeks so as to make it possible for the Wikivoyage communities to
> transfer the files in time for the project launch.

I have no problem with that if it's the community's preference. WMF has no stake in meeting any particular deadline. This might delay things significantly though. Hans is planning a lot of travel starting next week, We might be able to schedule a time in December or January for him to assist the transfer (produce anonymized dumps etc.), but I can't promise anything til I have a chance to talk to him.

Once again though-if we migrate next week, all the images will still be accessible via the alternative URL. It won't be pretty at first, but things can be fixed the wiki way.

Erik