On 10/08/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
When disaster strikes, it does not matter really who is to blame. What matters is how to get things back into a working state. This will take both the Foundation and the technical team.
It'll matter to you, though, Gerard, won't it? And it'll matter to all the people who've contributed content to any project, and to anyone who's proud of what we've achieved, if any of that is lost. And rightly so. If something goes wrong, human nature is to find someone to blame.
Given that some members of the technical team represent the technical ability of the Wikimedia Foundation, the notion of who is to blame is not a productive one anyway. I am sure that everyone will be relieved when there is proper backup and recovery strategy in the first place. When there is a workable strategy it would be nice if this is communicated because it will make the people involved in Commons less anxious.
Iff we don't have a formal backup plan established for all our content, then I blame the Foundation, and by that, I mean the Board. And that's an iff, because for all I know, we could have 100% backup in place, although this isn't clear from existing documentation, and Brianna's email calls it into question.
Rob Church