Talk:Wikivoyage/Launch

Migration update

Here's where things are. Essentially, we can either attempt a migration this week (and the transfer of files to Commons will have to continue from wikivoyage-old.org, with images showing up as red links until it's done) or we can defer it.

Deferring it means potentially delay by 60-90 days or longer (see below).

The domain name transfer was initiated last week, so that part is taken care of (we're just pointing it back at the old sites for now).

I've just spoken to Hans about potential dates for a later transfer. Hans is travelling for a pretty long time. We might be able to arrange for a stop in Mexico around January so he can work from there to do the database backups. But the only definite thing I could say is that we'd be able to do it in February/March 2013 before he returns to Germany.

Alternatively, we could work with Stefan and Roland on the modalities of the transfer, but I'd have to confirm their availability and comfort level first.

So my recommendation continues to be to enter a public "beta" with a prominent sitenotice saying something along the lines of:

Wikivoyage is in beta as a Wikimedia project.

• Please help transfer images from wikivoyage-old.org
• Learn more about consolidating your user account
• Vote on our new logo
• Report bugs
• View this page on the old site

By having a prominent "View this page on the old site" link, we can ensure that readers will always find the full content.

We'll make a decision end of day today based on the opinions expressed here and in the poll.--Eloquence (talk) 19:19, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes agree a site notice would be even better than just listing this on the main page as it would be visible on every page.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:15, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

But perhaps not as good as your idea of automatically redirecting IP readers (i.e. people not signed in) to the old site, until that language community is happy to have them default to the new version. --Avenue (talk) 01:44, 6 November 2012 (UTC)