[Rebuild] Suggested downtime message for www.osm.org

David Ellams osmlists at dellams.fastmail.fm
Thu Mar 29 14:23:24 BST 2012


Tom Hughes wrote:

> On 28/03/12 22:07, Alex Barth wrote:

>> a) a message on openstreetmap.org alerting users to the service schedule so that pple like [2] don't wake up to a surprise?

> If somebody comes up with some words for a short message I can easily 
> put it up.

I suggest:

    Planned downtime: Editing in OSM will be disabled from 1st - 4th
    April.
    Reason: moving database to new server. More information.
    ["More information" hyperlink:
    http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/03/27/service-schedule-march-april-2012/]

I think this is non-technical and to-the-point (hope it is short enough
- if not remove the reason). For the sake of brevity, it does not
mention the possibility of dates changing, but that is covered by the
"More info" link.

David



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