[Wikipedia-l] Re: Scheduled global downtime

[Anthere]

ultrablue at gmail.com a écrit:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this mean you're shifting the
> servers across the street at 3AM? That's got to look suspicious :-)
> 
> If you're setting up a downtime page on the Paris squids, I recommend
> not including a link to Openfacts.berlios.de. Every time Wikipedia has
> even a mild downtime (i.e. about 3 minutes or less) that site gets
> overwhelmed and goes down itself. I don't think it's fair on whoever
> owns that site.

Well, your wishes were obeyed. The Paris squids showed to everyone 
accessing wikipedia, that we again had a crash, were trying to fix it, 
and would be back soon.

It was not a maintenance page which was shown, but a crash page.
Not sure it is exactly good for our image.

Ant