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QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 3:51pm) 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) Ooh, not even Ed Poor could have topped that. Did it come back by itself or did it require Developer intervention? This post has been edited by Castle Rock:
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QUOTE(Castle Rock @ Wed 16th January 2008, 3:53pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 3:51pm) 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) Ooh, not even Ed Poor could have topped that. Did it come back by itself or did it require Developer intervention? Brion had to get involved. Apparently, now there's a revisions cap of 5,000 entries on deleting files.
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 7:22pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 6:57pm) Brion had to get involved. Apparently, now there's a revisions cap of 5,000 entries on deleting files.
Does this mean that articles with more than 5,000 revisions are undeleteable, or does it mean the "Delete" key will only affect the most recent 5,000 revisions on said article? Greg As I understand it, MediaWiki will display an error message, so I guess those files are now beyond the remit of the average admin now.
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QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 10:29pm) QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 7:22pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 6:57pm) Brion had to get involved. Apparently, now there's a revisions cap of 5,000 entries on deleting files.
Does this mean that articles with more than 5,000 revisions are undeleteable, or does it mean the "Delete" key will only affect the most recent 5,000 revisions on said article? Greg As I understand it, MediaWiki will display an error message, so I guess those files are now beyond the remit of the average admin now. Well, that gives me a beautiful idea, then. (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif)
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 8:54pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 10:29pm) QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 7:22pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 6:57pm) Brion had to get involved. Apparently, now there's a revisions cap of 5,000 entries on deleting files.
Does this mean that articles with more than 5,000 revisions are undeleteable, or does it mean the "Delete" key will only affect the most recent 5,000 revisions on said article? Greg As I understand it, MediaWiki will display an error message, so I guess those files are now beyond the remit of the average admin now. Well, that gives me a beautiful idea, then. (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/blink.gif) Eh-oh! (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/sad.gif) What have I said ....
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QUOTE(Alison @ Thu 17th January 2008, 1:00am) QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 8:54pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 10:29pm)
As I understand it, MediaWiki will display an error message, so I guess those files are now beyond the remit of the average admin now.
Well, that gives me a beautiful idea, then. (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/blink.gif) Eh-oh! (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/sad.gif) What have I said .... Now you've went and done it...
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QUOTE(Lar @ Thu 17th January 2008, 9:26am) QUOTE(Alison @ Thu 17th January 2008, 1:00am) QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 8:54pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 10:29pm)
As I understand it, MediaWiki will display an error message, so I guess those files are now beyond the remit of the average admin now.
Well, that gives me a beautiful idea, then. (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/blink.gif) Eh-oh! (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/sad.gif) What have I said .... Now you've went and done it... I just need about 500 accomplices willing to put in 10 edits worth of time, in assigned 3-minute shifts. In 24 hours, my team of 500 could permanently install an article in Wikipedia, FOREVER! Ha ha... you can't delete Carolyn Bothwell Doran, because it has 5,000 edits now! Muuuwahhh-ha-haah-haaaaaah ! ! !
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Thu 17th January 2008, 6:36am) QUOTE(Lar @ Thu 17th January 2008, 9:26am) QUOTE(Alison @ Thu 17th January 2008, 1:00am) QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 16th January 2008, 8:54pm) QUOTE(Alison @ Wed 16th January 2008, 10:29pm)
As I understand it, MediaWiki will display an error message, so I guess those files are now beyond the remit of the average admin now.
Well, that gives me a beautiful idea, then. (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/blink.gif) Eh-oh! (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/sad.gif) What have I said .... Now you've went and done it... I just need about 500 accomplices willing to put in 10 edits worth of time, in assigned 3-minute shifts. In 24 hours, my team of 500 could permanently install an article in Wikipedia, FOREVER! Ha ha... you can't delete Carolyn Bothwell Doran, because it has 5,000 edits now! Muuuwahhh-ha-haah-haaaaaah ! ! ! *ahem* - sorry now to throw a spanner in the works an' all, but there's the small matter of page protection. I suspect also that Brion will come up with a mechanism for getting around the problem. BTW - I've not seen anyone discussing the new MediaWiki feature re. being able to protect a non-existent page without using cascade protection (or SALTing). It's possible now to make any redlink uneditable by just clicking the 'protect' option.
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