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::Please see also: [[tech:Category talk:Servers]]. --[[User:Timeshifter|Timeshifter]] ([[User talk:Timeshifter|talk]]) 17:20, 15 January 2015 (GMT)
:::The fear of Orain going offline in the future and resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, of contributors losing their work is completely understandable. While Orain itself is far from shutting down, the greater MediaWiki community has suffered through the loss of a large farm and multiple technical failures at others, resulting in the irreversible loss of content. Looking at the reasons past farms have shut down, the biggest cause seems to be the lack of funds and technical expertise, with funds playing the bigger role. In terms of funding, Orain is doing fairly well, despite being one of the few farms that don't display ads (thanks to our awesome community). There's also no lack of technical expertise at Orain, although I must admit having more volunteers is always helpful. Overall, I'm happy to report that Orain is fully capable of running itself and is in no danger of shutting down. If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to post them and I'll be happy to provide clarification. [[User:Tim|Tim]]<sup>[[User talk:Tim|talk]]</sup> 18:05, 15 January 2015 (GMT)
::::Wiki members can use various backup methods for their content. There's a Python program that dumps wiki pages; I don't know if it works with the API disabled. For virtually all small wikis, probably easily up to 1,000 pages, one can use a method I created at Wikkii where all pages are part of a category that can be exported, just the most current revision. If we show people how to make backups, that should reduce any apprehension. [[User:Inquisitor S. Kamenev|Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Malleus]] 19:14, 15 January 2015 (GMT)
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