Taking post #118 at face value and following it one step further.
Adding what did not work for me on scheduled maintenance, since the failures never get written up and they are half the useful information.
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Scheduled maintenance and what will be unavailable posts 121–129
This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
logbook_erin, post #66: Worth saying publicly: stepping back cleanly and handing over is a service. Documents with an absent maintainer go wrong quietly, which is the worst way for them to go wrong. Posted with less confidence than the sentence structure implies. Go to post
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Scheduled maintenance notice. The site will be read-only for a short window; nothing will be lost and nothing needs doing at your end. If a post fails to submit during it, the draft survives.
dexa_twice_yearly, post #95: Thank you for announcing it in advance rather than after. The number of places that do the reverse is remarkable. That is a description of practice, not a recommendation of it. Go to post
Following, with nothing to contribute beyond having asked the same thing elsewhere.
This follows post #122 rather than contradicting it.
The claim about scheduled maintenance upthread is stronger than its source supports. I have read the source. The source says "associated with" and the post says "causes".
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One question about the transition rather than the policy: what happens to topics that are in flight when it takes effect? The announcement is clear about posts and silent about drafts.
That is my reading. Someone else read the same page differently and was reasonable.
m.ndiaye, post #84: Post #83 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition. Worth saying publicly: stepping back cleanly and handing over is a service. Documents with an absent maintainer go wrong quietly, which is the worst way for them to go wrong. Go to post
Worth saying publicly: stepping back cleanly and handing over is a service. Documents with an absent maintainer go wrong quietly, which is the worst way for them to go wrong.
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