Forum:New wiki farm
OK so this isn't necessarily Orain-related but I thought I would start a new, secondary wiki farm called CentralWiki. It's to gather extra space if Orain doesn't work, then some users can move their wikis to this farm; of course you could still use Orain expanded but CW might help with a large number of wikis. So I was just wanting to see if any current Orain users would like to help with this. Tau Ceti (talk) 00:23, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
- I'm not sure why you're under the impression Orain won't "work". Our funding campaign is going great, and I've already made a personal pledge to keep Orain alive indefinitely. How about you made a donation instead of creating a new farm to help us stay alive, and online? :) Dusti*Let's talk!* 01:52, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
- Not that Orain is not working, I just thought that as we have limited staff and limited wiki resources, that CW could help as a sort of fork; besides this is a good project and I want to see if anyone wanted to help. Tau Ceti (talk) 06:13, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
- Limited staff? Ish. We're always looking for more help. Limited resources? Not at all, that's why we're actually expanding our servers. The best way to help isn't to fork off, but to offer your help and services here. Why not offer to be a global sysop or make a donation to help out our resource costs. Running a farm is labour intensive and very few realize that. My suggestion is to try and help us, not compete with us. Dusti*Let's talk!* 06:18, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
- Not that Orain is not working, I just thought that as we have limited staff and limited wiki resources, that CW could help as a sort of fork; besides this is a good project and I want to see if anyone wanted to help. Tau Ceti (talk) 06:13, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
- Then it's surely possible that I could offer to help here. It's not competition, but I think I might offer to be as global sysop. How does it work? Tau Ceti (talk) 09:47, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
- You'd join the other global sysop's in fighting spam. Here's where you apply and the community voices their opinion. Dusti*Let's talk!* 14:50, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
I can set up wikis for you at the Krasnaya Security wiki farm. Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Malleus 04:39, 15 January 2015 (GMT)
User:Dusti. It is not clear to many people about the status of Orain. Anybody paying any attention at all to wiki farms the last few years knows they come and go. I think the donations page should also discuss donations of time. I think there needs to be one central donation/volunteer page where everything branches off from. Link to the technical page from the donation/volunteer page. Consolidate the description of your server setup and its nature on the technical page. Is it possible to put the donation/volunteer link in the sidebar of all pages on all wikis? I see such wiki-farm-wide sidebar link sections on another wiki farm that shall remain nameless. :) --Timeshifter (talk) 16:41, 15 January 2015 (GMT)
- Our status is secure, and always has been. The urgency of the messages were reflecting how much time we had left if everyone stopped donating right away. I made a pledge (and I'll have to find it) where I would use my own funds to keep Orain alive. It's around here somewhere, signed, sealed, and for public scrutiny. @Timeshifter: you're more than welcome to help improve things. We're community based. Everyone here is just as important as the next person. You own Orain. Inquisitor S. Kamenev owns Orain. This talk about going somewhere else or starting up your own farm sounds easy and simple, but it's hard. We're the only farm on the internet that's owned by the community, runs for the community, that's free, offers SSL, and is ad-free. I think that's pretty amazing, don't you? If you see something that you'd like changed, do it! If you think that doing this on page A would make it look better - do it! This is your home. Be bold - take a chance and help make Orain a little bit better for the next person :) Dusti*Let's talk!* 16:48, 15 January 2015 (GMT)