2012/11/3 Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org:
- As mentioned before, we're not moving the file repos. Files have to
be manually transferred over. If you've not already been involved in this process, now is a good time to get involved. Please see:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikitravel_Shared_transfer_task_f...
and especially the talk page for the community process to transfer files. This can continue well after the migration thanks to WV e.V. continuing to host wikivoyage-old.org.
I know it's painful to start with a lot of red links, but I really think this is the best approach to ensure that files are vetted, uploaded either locally (under EDP) or to Commons, templates and categories cleaned up, etc. I'd suggest running a sitenotice on all wikis asking people to help with this, pointing to the Commons task force.
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 fully agree to Roland's statement. What you are doing now is against the interest of the community, and I strongly protest against this.
This is a rather bad sign for the start of Wikivoyage as a Wikimedia project as it seems that keeping deadlines matters more to you than communicating and co-operating with the Wikivoyage community.
I am sorry to cut my mail short which is due to a death in my family which keeps me from contributing more these days.
Regards, Jürgen.