(Moved this to tech.)
Lee, what "many other things" will reassigning wikipedia.com affect?
Fortunately, we have no wikipedia webmail, so that complication doesn't exist.
I *think* I can change wikipedia.com, while leaving *.wikipedia.com to the old
machine. This is important until we move the Intl wikis over.
We need a migration plan for those, too, of course.
lcrocker@nupedia.com wrote:
>
> > To answer my own question: yes! http://old.wikipedia.com/ (but
> > you have to put the "old" in after every click; it's still
> > configured to provide every link with the "www" in the URL. Lee,
> > can you change that?)
>
> No, but Jimbo can. Jimbo, could you (a) set up DNS so that
> "old.wikipedia.com" points to ross, and (b) change the
> wikiLocalSettings.php file in the old system to put "old." into
> the internal links?
>
> The fact that "wikipedia.com" still points to ross is a problem
> for some people as well I understand, but I'm reluctant to ask
> you to change that specifically, since that will affect many
> other things
>
>
>
>
>
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Lee, what "many other things" will reassigning wikipedia.com affect?
Fortunately, we have no wikipedia webmail, so that complication doesn't exist.
I *think* I can change wikipedia.com, while leaving *.wikipedia.com to the old
machine. This is important until we move the Intl wikis over.
We need a migration plan for those, too, of course.
lcrocker@nupedia.com wrote:
>
> > To answer my own question: yes! http://old.wikipedia.com/ (but
> > you have to put the "old" in after every click; it's still
> > configured to provide every link with the "www" in the URL. Lee,
> > can you change that?)
>
> No, but Jimbo can. Jimbo, could you (a) set up DNS so that
> "old.wikipedia.com" points to ross, and (b) change the
> wikiLocalSettings.php file in the old system to put "old." into
> the internal links?
>
> The fact that "wikipedia.com" still points to ross is a problem
> for some people as well I understand, but I'm reluctant to ask
> you to change that specifically, since that will affect many
> other things
>
>
>
>
>
> [Wikipedia-l]
> To manage your subscription to this list, please go here:
> http://www.nupedia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l