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:Hi Legoktm. It looks like the extension is in beta and not much activity has been tracked on the git... That's why I felt unconfortable with it. Do you know more about the stability/robustness of this extension? You have maybe a few example of successful migrations using it? [[User:Kelson|Kelson]] ([[User talk:Kelson|talk]]) 12:48, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
:Hi Legoktm. It looks like the extension is in beta and not much activity has been tracked on the git... That's why I felt unconfortable with it. Do you know more about the stability/robustness of this extension? You have maybe a few example of successful migrations using it? [[User:Kelson|Kelson]] ([[User talk:Kelson|talk]]) 12:48, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
::We used it for the en.uncyclopedia.co migration off of Wikia. It does require a core patch, but it works pretty well. [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 05:03, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
::We used it for the en.uncyclopedia.co migration off of Wikia. It does require a core patch, but it works pretty well. [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 05:03, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
== New domain name ==
''"www.wikimedia.org.uk"''? one would hope that "wikimedia.org.uk" will also work (typing those four extra characters is soul-destroying ;-P ) --[[User:AlisonW|AlisonW]] ([[User talk:AlisonW|talk]]) 17:16, 27 September 2013 (UTC) ps. good luck.

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Discuss the migration here...

mw:Extension:MediaWikiAuth

Randomly stumbled on the site and saw the sitenotice. Have you looked into using mw:Extension:MediaWikiAuth to automatically migrate accounts, preferences, watchlists? Legoktm (talk) 09:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Legoktm. It looks like the extension is in beta and not much activity has been tracked on the git... That's why I felt unconfortable with it. Do you know more about the stability/robustness of this extension? You have maybe a few example of successful migrations using it? Kelson (talk) 12:48, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
We used it for the en.uncyclopedia.co migration off of Wikia. It does require a core patch, but it works pretty well. Legoktm (talk) 05:03, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

New domain name

"www.wikimedia.org.uk"? one would hope that "wikimedia.org.uk" will also work (typing those four extra characters is soul-destroying ;-P ) --AlisonW (talk) 17:16, 27 September 2013 (UTC) ps. good luck.