Just as a quick PS, I feel I should mention that the decisions you refer to took place several years before I joined the organisation (as per the phabricator thread) and so I will probably need to try to piece together why certain things happened with imperfect knowledge...but I will certainly do my best!
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 21:39, Sam (TheresNoTime) <s...@theresnotime.co.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > Me again, bear with me... > > I emailed the list a while back about the IT Development pages, the issues > with the Wiki etc. - I've seen today a number of edits (e.g. > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Diff/82820) which attempt to > potentially explain the changes, but fall a bit short, as I initially > suggested here (https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:Diff/82828). > > I've attempted to fix some of the bigger issues with the wiki ( > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Recent_changes_to_MediaWiki_namespace_files), > but a lot boils down to the fact you're using a very old, insecure version > of MediaWiki and PHP ( > https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Installed_versions_of_MediaWiki_and_PHP_are_end-of-life > ). > > In regards to my comments about approaching the WMF to host the Wiki, I > had this task pointed out to me (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T58938) > which I found odd, especially some of the comments by your volunteers. > > I do not understand why Wikimedia UK migrated from a free, secure, managed > MediaWiki installation to a VPS which I assume is either donated or is > costing the charity money, and which isn't kept up to date? > > This doesn't strike me as an effective use of charity funds and volunteer > time, and has unfortunately resulted in a MediaWiki install which is > outdated and insecure (see CVE-2019-12468 > <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12468> as just one example of > an exploit against the currently installed version). > > As the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, running this MediaWiki > installation is likely to "negatively impact the work or image of the > Foundation" if exploited. Could someone please help me in understanding the > decisions which led to moving away from the WMF infrastructure? Was there a > conflict of mission? > > I appreciate I am "causing waves" here, and I *honestly don't want to be* > - Wikimedia UK has been a charity I've supported for quite some time, you > do great work and I thank you for your commitment to open access to > knowledge! > How can we work together to resolve this? I'm fairly available this week > and would be more than happy to chat with someone about how we can fix this. > > > > Kind regards, > > *Sam* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> .
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