On Nov 3, 2012 9:01 PM, "Jani Patokallio" <jpatokal@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> A +1 for the suggestion to launch Wikivoyage-at-WMF now, but as "beta", and solicit help from the community to fix up the links. I think it's important to have everything in its final place and final host, so we can be sure that "what you see is what you get" and a page fixed now will stay fixed.Note also that there'll be lots of small and bigger issues we need to sort out in the first few weeks post-migration:
- properly resolving username issues (merging wv accounts with identical wm accounts, renaming conflicting usernames, offering ways to migrate accounts that didn't opt into the data transfer, etc.)
- testing extensions to ensure everything is working as before
- smaller configuration tweaks (namespaces, site settings etc.)
- setting up mobile main pages
- fixing templates (see note on stringfunctions)
....So in general I'd say calling the site "beta" post launch sounds like a good idea. We've done pre-testing and will do more, but some issues will only become apparent in production, and some (like the user account issues) by definition can only happen post-launch. That won't change if we defer the launch, so if we defer we'll still have a "beta" site with some glitches but more images migrated.
In contrast, if we use November as a beta/cleanup month, we can shoot for a proper launch (with new logo and hopefully most issues resolved) in December.
Erik
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