to keep wts and shared repositories did not mean a
bulk
transfer to Commons. But it makes the media files directly
accessible to the wikis.
Just to clarify, what you are proposing is to essentially create
wts.wikivoyage.org and
shared.wikivoyage.org on the WMF side, import all
content, keep them around until all files are transferred, and then shut
them down.
My concerns with this are as follows:
- it significantly increases the complexity of the setup on the wmf side
purely for legacy purposes, beyond the level of technical resource
commitment which we think is reasonable,
- it creates unacceptable legal risks,
- with images continuing to work, it risks delaying a resolution of these
issues for a long time.
The two scenarios I am prepared to support at this time are
- Scenario A: We delay the migration to create a more robust time window
for transferring files to Commons,
- Scenario B: We migrate the wikis next week at the risk of starting with
lots of red links that have to be fixed during a cleanup period.
As a Wikipedian from the 2001 era I am perhaps unusually comfortable with
the idea of things being fixed over time. ;-) Still, it would be good to
have a community straw poll or some additional support for the decision
between the two.
Erik