GuildWiki:Software and technical issues/Bugs

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Image directories are indexable
Page: N/A

Problem: http://gw.gamewikis.org/images/ is indexable

Comments: Seems like this could use a  or whatever the corresponding thing is for NOYB

Submitted By: &mdash; Stabber &#x270d; 12:37, 4 May 2006 (CDT)

False Ban Message (Spam Filter?)
Page: all

Problem: If a user not logged in makes two edits within short time he will receive a message that his IP has been banned. But that is not true. If you wait a while, then try again, you can edit just fine. This is probably caused by some kind of spam filter.

Comments: None

Submitted By: --195.33.166.40 03:35, 24 April 2006 (CDT) (Tetris L)
 * I occasionally get this error message (that I've been banned by Adam.skinner) on my first click to edit; just re-trying immediately after seems to resolve it for me. Doing two edits in a short time doesn't seem to be a requirement for this error. --161.88.255.140 14:55, 26 April 2006 (CDT)
 * FYI: Just got one when I clicked "Save Page" for the above post. Clicking "Back" then saving again worked with no error the second time.  Unable to upload screenshot due to Login error (must be logged in to upload, and I need a new password emailed to login).   Here's the text of the error below. --161.88.255.140 15:02, 26 April 2006 (CDT)

User is blocked From GuildWiki Jump to: navigation, search Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Adam.skinner. The reason given is this: Vandalism You may contact Adam.skinner or one of the other administrators to discuss the block. Note that you may not use the "e-mail this user" feature unless you have a valid e-mail address registered in your user preferences. Your IP address is 161.88.255.140. Please include this address in any queries you make.

Cannot load Image Desc page
Page: Image:Charlatan's Male.jpg Problem: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 12582912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 8192 bytes) in /usr/home/guildwiki/public_html/includes/Image.php on line 1150. Need to manually delete the image. Submitted by: PanSola 11:15, 13 April 2006 (CDT)

(Not so) Special pages
Page: Special:Specialpages

Problem: The Special pages page seems to be missing all the normal special pages. I see the Admin special pages, but none of the normal ones.

Comments: Someone else mentioned this somewhere, but I wanted to put in an official report.

Submitted By: Rainith 16:56, 12 February 2006 (CST)

Notes:


 * I get this problem too - I cannot see ANY of the Special pages (not an admin). This just seems to be since we moved to the new server... Kidburla 22:52, 13 February 2006 (CST)
 * it was me and I can't remember where. still all blankety -_- 00:06, 20 February 2006 (CST)
 * They're back 04:44, 23 February 2006 (CST)
 * Still having a problem with them. Seems I can get them to show up by refreshing the page a few times.  --Rainith 04:50, 23 February 2006 (CST)
 * I get the same problem. For me it seems to depend on which page I am on when I click the link. Doesnt seem to make sense. --Xeeron 20:24, 23 February 2006 (CST)
 * For me the Special pages page is ALWAYS blank, ever since the problem started. -PanSola 11:21, 1 March 2006 (CST)

In the meantime I figured out what some of them are called, and put them under Specialpages. -PanSola 17:28, 2 March 2006 (CST)


 * This seems to work for me now. It's been working every time since I upgraded to 1.6.1. Can anyone clear their cache, test it, and confirm? Gravewit 08:54, 9 April 2006 (CDT)


 * I'm still having issues with it. Even after clearing my cache.  In fact I can clear my cache and have it change, irregardless of what it was before.  i.e. If I have all the special pages, I clear cache and refresh and they're gone.  If I repeat that, they come back.  --Rainith 19:58, 9 April 2006 (CDT)
 * This is still an issue for me. Fortuneately, I had added most of the ones I needed to my user page; but that doesn't help everyone else. --Barek 20:26, 9 April 2006 (CDT)

Mis-floating Categories
Page: Previewing some pages.

Problem: Sometimes in preview, the bar showing the categories will float on top of the edit box for the article. Adjacent is an example.

Comments: This is reminicent of the old problem we had with the About Disclaimr bar. I am sorry, it does not appear consistently so I cannot pin one article where it always happens.

Submitted by: --Karlos 17:12, 1 November 2005 (EST)


 * Is this still happening occasionally? Gravewit 08:56, 9 April 2006 (CDT)

Missing email reply
Problem: Created a new user account, entered an email address and followed link to confirm email address. Clicked on button which appeared and message claimed a confirmatory email had been sent. None actually received.

Submitted By: Rhess 07:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Problem Continues: Same as above. Checked my profile, my email address is correct there. Is there a problem with the mail-bot?

Submitted By: Purple Recluse 17:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Anyone else have this happen recently (since the server move)? Gravewit 02:40, 23 February 2006 (CST)


 * I changed my mail address a while ago but no confirm ever came through, that could be because I don't have access to skuld@@@simsational,,,co,,uk, my old address, =( 18:36, 20 March 2006 (CST)

Comments: Yes, the page will not send emails to any of my email accounts upon request. (By changing or activation.) --Nilles 01:52, 2 April 2006 (CST)
 * Has this been fixed or looked upon? I hate to "bump" this, but it actually seems like an issue. --Nilles 06:09, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
 * It has still not been fixed as far as I can see. No confirmation e-mail for me yet... --Fenris 19:46, 21 April 2006 (CDT)


 * Gravewit commented on User talk:161.88.x.x that this issue is "next on [his] hit list". &mdash; Stabber 19:49, 21 April 2006 (CDT)

Browser issue?
Is anyone else having a problem with displaying the wiki? Currently, neither I nor my wife can get anything but a blank page in either Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers. However, Opera, my browser of choice, works without a glitch (so I only noticed because the wife couldn't get anything in Firefox). --Bishop (rap|con) 06:30, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

More information: fecthing the Main_Page using wget gives the following:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function readgzfile in /usr/home/guildwiki/public_html/includes/CacheManager.php on line 109

May or may not be relevant. --Bishop (rap|con) 06:34, 6 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Yes, adding ?action=purge seems to fix single pages, as they get redirected to /wiki?title=foobar instead of /wiki/foobar. The "short" syntax seems broken.  --Delia Rashesh (talk) 06:46, 6 May 2006 (CDT)


 * I haven't seen this problem myself; I'm using IE 6, and the site is displaying with no glitches (well, no worse than what IE displays any other site at least). However, a guild-mate of mine was asking on Teamspeak last night if guildwiki was down, as he couldn't connect to the site via neither Firefox nor IE.  If he's on today, I'll ask if he has Opera installed so he can check with it. --- Barek (talk &bull; contribs) - 09:38, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

It turns out this problem was not browser-related, but login-related. People who were not logged in, got the blank page. Seems that has been fixed now, though, although it may also be the reason why the site seems slow at the moment (cachec disabled, perhaps?). --Bishop (rap|con) 12:15, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

Spam-prevention is wonky
Argh, what a pain in the hinie. The spam-prevention thingy that stops edits from going through also clears the Summary, so I had a nice round of he-said-she-said with the system because I'd fill out the summary, submit, get the spam-protection challenge instead, fill that out, submit, get the "you forgot the summary"-reminder, fill out the summary again, get a new spam-protection challenge... etc, etc. ad nauseum. --Bishop (rap|con) 12:19, 6 May 2006 (CDT)