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Openwetware will be migrating to a new server on '''Friday, September 22, 2017'''.
OpenWetWare will be migrating to a new server on '''Friday, September 22, 2017'''.
 
Migration will take at least several hours as we copy 6G of text and 150G of images, upgrade our 10-year-old mediawiki software, and run complete checks on the database.
 
During migration, OpenWetWare will be '''read-only''' - you will be able to read articles, but not make edits.


After migration, the following features will no longer be supported:
After migration, the following features will no longer be supported:
* de-wikified pages: these subdomains will redirect to their source pages
* de-wikified pages: these subdomains will redirect to their source pages
* private wikis: you will need to move your data, either to a public wiki page or somewhere else
* private wikis: you will need to move your data, either to a public wiki page or somewhere else
Some content may appear broken for a few days after migration, as we fix pages with unused parser hooks and raw html.


Please check back here for updates.
Please check back here for updates.


You can contact our sysadmin with questions: yardenack@gmail.com
You can contact our sysadmin with questions: yardenack@gmail.com
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