MediaWiki:Bookworm Crash

The "Bookworm Crash" refers to a catastrophic database fault suffered by TFWiki.net on the evening of March 15, 2009. Though the initial cause remains obscure, a variety of complicating factors resulted in a total loss of TFWiki.net's database and all backups, rolling the site's clock back to mid-July 2008.

I'm working on database optimization.Bookworm

Relevant archives

• Project talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central — disaster-tracking
• Project talk:Community Portal/Leaving2 — search for a new host
• Project talk:Community Portal/Archive33 — lingering issues, preparation for departure to the new host (the period has not yet been archived as of ^(May-27-09))

Though there is some inevitable overlap, these archive pages represent the major phases of community's response to the Bookworm Crash, and can more-or-less be read 'in order.'