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| Alison |
 
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Skinny Cow!  Group: Regulars Posts: 2,514 Joined: From: Kalifornia Member No.: 1,806  |
I have to say, that was kinda awe-inspiring.
Admin Scientizzle caused sheer mayhem and shut down Wikipedia for 90 minutes by deleting the Sandbox.. It was the longest 90 minutes of my entire, rather sad life. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif) |
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Dharma Bum Group: Contributors Posts: 7,919 Joined: From: My name it means nothing. My age it means less. The country I come from is called the Mid-West. Member No.: 981 |
I'm trying to understand why this would have such a profound effect. Is it because The Sandbox has an extraordinary number of edits in it's history? When you delete something are you actually moving data from one area to another in the database? Could someone please explain?
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Skinny Cow! Group: Regulars Posts: 2,514 Joined: From: Kalifornia Member No.: 1,806 |
QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Wed 16th January 2008, 4:26pm)  I'm trying to understand why this would have such a profound effect. Is it because The Sandbox has an extraordinary number of edits in it's history? When you delete something are you actually moving data from one area to another in the database? Could someone please explain? Yes - it's the massive edit history. The servers basically get bogged down marking every single revision as deleted. From what I can see, the guy was doing a delete-to-selectively-restore (so-called "admin oversight") to remove source-code to a virus that someone else posted about the place. Either way, the poor guy is both embarrassed and laughing right now .... This post has been edited by Alison: |
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Dharma Bum Group: Contributors Posts: 7,919 Joined: From: My name it means nothing. My age it means less. The country I come from is called the Mid-West. Member No.: 981 |
QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 7:32pm) QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Wed 16th January 2008, 4:26pm) I'm trying to understand why this would have such a profound effect. Is it because The Sandbox has an extraordinary number of edits in it's history? When you delete something are you actually moving data from one area to another in the database? Could someone please explain? Yes - it's the massive edit history. The servers basically get bogged down marking every single revision as deleted. From what I can see, the guy was doing a delete-to-selectively-restore (so-called "admin oversight") to remove source-code to a virus that someone else posted about the place. Either way, the poor guy is both embarrassed and laughing right now .... Thanks, Alison. |
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