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The situation
- We have a number of localized site (ex.: fr.tiki.org)
- Many are unmaintained
- br.tiki.org was shut down because of spam
- some like nl.tiki.org just disappeared when manager did and content was lost.
- Since they are distinct instances of Tiki, it's more work to keep up to date
- Some don't use InterTiki and thus, the userbase may be different
- We didn't have Workspaces before so this put pressure to make new instances. We can now reduce the number of instances all while maintaining a tailored user experience.
Proposal for fr.tiki.org
This proposal is tailored to fr but it could be of interest to others.
- Delete all the spam content
- Nuke all accounts that have not validated their accounts
- We really need a feature for this in Tiki or at least a documented .sql command
- Create a fr.tiki.org workspace/perspective and make this a nice friendly place (similar to http://suite.tiki.org/Tiki+Suite)
- Fr organic group
- Forum in French
- Navigation (menus) in French
- Links to resources about Translation
- Links to documentation in French
- Alternate site title
- etc
- Move all accounts to tiki.org system and add them to the fr group
- If two people have same username but different e-mail, make a manual check
- If a user already exists, just add him/her to the fr group
- migrate data while attempting to maintain URLs
- forum messages if possible (URLs will likely be broken unfortunately)
- wiki pages
- blog posts
- etc.
- close old site
- Send an email to all these people
- Inform them of new site
- They will need to reset password?
- Invite them to upcoming Tiki events in France