Template talk:Purge

Hmm, doesn't seem to work for me using Firefox 1.0.7. It does something, but the stuff still doesn't update. --Rainith 03:22, 29 Sep 2005 (EST) Edit - Or does this need to be affixed to a specific page and then run? --Rainith 03:23, 29 Sep 2005 (EST)
 * Did you add something to a page and it's not showing? that's what it is for - see this old revision of peer review, that had a purge link, this is just to keep things tidy =) Skuld &Dagger; 03:25, 29 Sep 2005 (EST)


 * Not many pages would need it, it's just when things get busy and not everything updates Skuld &Dagger; 03:26, 29 Sep 2005 (EST)


 * Any time I say create a new category (as I just did for Category:Borlis Pass), it does not update in the pages that are in that category. I can flush the cache at my end and it still does nothing.  If I click on the link I get the thrown into the edit field, and it is propagated with the information that is in that article.  I hope that last sentance made sense.  Kinda tired today.  --Rainith 03:32, 29 Sep 2005 (EST)


 * That sounds like your browser cache is the problem, Rainith. You need to a server-side purge when say, your article includes another article, and you change the second directly.  Another is if a category still shows up or an article still shows in a category after the tag is removed.  A null edit (clicking edit and then saving without changing anything) accomplishes the same thing as purging.  --Fyren 09:50, 29 Sep 2005 (EST)

Abuse of this template
I'm seeing this been put on every page with a beast box etc, even when they don't need it.. i'm going to add purge links to Template:Armor box and Template:BeastInfo Skuld  14:08, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
 * Why? The don't need it.  Just because people add it to the pages, doesn't mean they should have them.  I'm removing them.  --Rainith 16:45, 30 April 2006 (CDT)

We're using this the wrong way
We ought to be placing these on the TALK pages for dynamically included articles. Joe Averageuser shouldn't see weird purge links on the tops of our pages. The editing authors can head to the talk page and click a "purge main page" link there when they muck about with the includes. &mdash;Tanaric 00:29, 2 May 2006 (CDT)

improved version
I see a version that takes more args on wikipedia.

e.g.

I'm hesitant to edit this, but the meat of it looks like: [ ]

I think this should be right -- [ ]

The default text is also a bit unwieldy. 71.146.75.213 09:25, September 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Edited. Don't really like the default tags, but changing that would affect a lot of pages.

last update
The template is usually better, for two reasons: -- ◄mendel► 18:14, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * because it contains a link to the time, it updates automatically once per hour or so
 * if the information is wrong, users can see whether the page is out of date or broken (i.e. when they see a recent time, or the time changing in response to their click, they don't mash that link in an effort to get a reaction)


 * Could you make it left-alignable? On Zaishen_Challenge_Quest it's hard to spot (moreso on big widescreens) since everthing except the TOC and Last Update is left-aligned. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  18:23, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. -- ◄mendel► 19:27, September 26, 2009 (UTC)