(10-08-2024, 12:40 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote:Quote:MacFan4000 claimed this task.
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This is fixed. We had a failed mediawiki upgrade.
Just a bit of a tech explanation in simple language on this for future reference. What this means is that when they updated the database tables of all the wikis on the service for the newest version of MediaWiki, either an extension was not configured properly (thus the data did not convert to the new version of the database tables) or settings required for the new MediaWiki core were not configured properly, resulting in corrupt tables that could not be loaded during the upgrade conversion. Either way, it's good they decided to be prudent and make sure this upgraded properly, our data could have undergone serious corruption had they not made sure the upgrade was smooth and without error. Even if it worked with minor error that did not prevent upgrade, it could have caused data corruption that would be dangerous long-term.
TL;DR: Our tech staff backend guys were competent and prudent.