MediaWiki talk:Community Portal

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• See Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Arriving for discussion on the new Wiki
• See Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving for the pre-move moving discussions.
• See Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints for the reasons.
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• See Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central — Project:Bookworm Virus

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So what now?

I brought this general line of questioning up over at the Allspark too, but that was really only because TFWiki.net was down at the time. Basically, in the wake of the Bookworm disaster, I'd like to know three things:

1. How did this happen? All I know is that Bookworm updated the MediaWiki software, which caused... something... to happen to our data. The wiki was, what? Deleted? Corrupted? I don't know. But apparently this required a reversion to a backup, and the only available one was from June 2008. Why did that one even exist? Why not September? And, honestly, the "routine backups" made after September had all failed, with no one ever noticing? How did that happen?
2. Has the backup process been fixed? This is pretty much the most important question of the moment. Every bit of our herculean recovery effort could vanish again if the June backup is still the only one on the server.
3. Where are we going from here? Walky has said that he's looking for a new host, and he has asked for advice. I haven't seen much advice appear (maybe people have been communicating with him in private?), but if anyone has any suggestions, please air them. I wouldn't even know where to start, so I'm of little help.

- Jackpot 18:03, 23 March 2009 (EDT)