Close a wiki

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In order to lock a wiki, do the following.

Wikimedia configuration

Read How to do a configuration change
Run composer manage-dblist close <dbname>
Remove the wiki from groupOverrides and groupOverrides2 in wmf-config/core-Permissions.php
Search wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php for the language code and the wiki db name, and consider removing it.
Remove the wiki from the wikimedia/portal repository.

Parsoid

Parsoid has its own copy of SiteMatrix, which needs updating using tools/fetch-sitematrix.js in mediawiki/services/parsoid.git.

Then, once merged, it must be deployed; if not, switch to visual editor will trigger Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () errors.

Cxserver

Remove wiki from cxserver/config/languages.yaml

CentralAuth

Remove wiki from all wiki sets via m:Special:WikiSets (or ask on m:SRM).

AbuseFilter

Check whether the abuse_filter_log table has any entries:
- If it does, then list the wiki explicitly in wmgUseAbuseFilter in InitialiseSettings.php as enabled, so these entries can be viewed post wiki closure
- If it does not, then consider uninstalling AbuseFilter from the wiki and dropping all the database tables to save space on the closed wikis

CheckUser

Check whether the cu_log table has any entries:
- If it does not, then consider uninstalling the extension and dropping the database tables for the extension. You may want to wait for a few weeks for this in case there is a need to run a check on edits made before the closure

SecurePoll

Check whether Special:SecurePoll has any local elections defined. If so, then update wmgUseSecurePoll to ensure that SecurePoll remains enabled. If not, then consider dropping the SecurePoll tables to save space