A database query syntax error has occurred. This could be because of an illegal search query (see Searching Wikipedia), or it may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: SELECT HIGH_PRIORITY cur_id FROM cur WHERE cur_namespace=0 AND cur_title='Main_Page'
from within function "LinkCache::addLink". MySQL returned error "1016: Can't open file: 'cur.MYD'. (errno: 145)".
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<P>When I go to <A href="http://www.wikipedia.org">www.wikipedia.org</A>, I get the following error messages:</P>
<P> </P>
<H1 class=pagetitle>Database error</H1>
<P class=subtitle>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
<P>A database query syntax error has occurred. This could be because of an illegal search query (see <A class=internal title=Wikipedia:Searching href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching">Searching Wikipedia</A>), or it may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>SELECT HIGH_PRIORITY cur_id FROM cur WHERE cur_namespace=0 AND cur_title='Main_Page'</TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>from within function "<TT>LinkCache::addLink</TT>". MySQL returned error "<TT>1016: Can't open file: 'cur.MYD'. (errno: 145)</TT>". </P>
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please put the text "[flame]" into the subject line so the rest of us
can filter them out and get on to productive things? ;)
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Your user name or IP address has been blocked by PierreAbbat. The reason =
given is this:
Vandalized World Trade Center, William I of England. Removed large =
section of Napoleonic Code,=20
You may contact the administrator to discuss the block.=20
Return to Main Page.=20
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I am new to Wikipedia. The time I first saw this page, I had not yet =
registered a user name on Wikipedia. I plead innocent to these crimes.
To accuse me or anyone else of "vandalizing the World Trade Center", is =
just fuckin [at a loss for words here]. Especially since I was born in =
NYC and now live in DC and am acquainted with people who collectively =
knew many of the victims of the WTC "vandals". We are just now =
recovering from the "sniper" who shot up the DC area, apparently as part =
of a custody dispute.
We are far more likely to be victims than vandals, individually. It =
seems that almost every month I am reading about some place that I have =
visited that was blown up or shot up in the name of someone's agenda =
(this includes the spot the sniper got his last victim, a bombing in =
Israel last week, the WTC, etc.). Some day they may catch up with me. =
Any one of us.
"Vandalizing the World Trade Center" may be an unfortunate, unthinking =
choice of words, but I am still deeply offended. I apologize to anyone =
else who reads this flame.
(As for removing large sections of the Napoleonic Code: there are large =
sections of the IRS Code and the US Code I should like to delete and =
replace, but under our Constitution my opinion on this doesn=92t =
matter=97when we vote Tuesday, DC will once again choose a Non-Voting =
Delegate to Congress.)
To block my IP number is to tar me by guilt by association. I still =
communicate with the outside world through modems hooked up to the =
public switched telephone network, as we called it back in the Bitnet =
days. My ISP, Starpower/RCN, assigns me a dynamic IP address, which =
belongs to a server physically located in the Maryland suburbs. I tried =
to logout from the Internet and login again, hoping that a different =
dynamic IP address would work. No such luck.
You may be blocking many, perhaps all Starpower customers from the 202 =
area code, and at busy times from many other places as well. =
(Apparently one Wikipedian agrees that the people of DC do not deserve a =
voice. At any rate, his actions have this effect.)
I think you need to rethink the practice of blocking dynamic IP numbers. =
Not everyone lives in an area served by cable modems or DSL. Many of =
those who do cannot afford the additional expense of a high speed =
connection that is always on.
The message advises me to "contact the administrator to discuss the =
block." This is nice. It would have been nicer if a hyperlink to the =
administrator's "mailto:" address were included. Unlike most websites, =
the Wikipedia home page offers no hyperlink to the webmaster. This is =
why I joined and wrote to this list. Probably there is a better place =
for this msg. If so, please forward this, and tell me.
There are four things that need fixing here: my access to Wikipedia, =
your handling of dynamic IP addresses, an easy way to contact the =
Wikipedia webmaster or administrator, and DC's voting rights. I trust =
that someone on this list can deal with the first 3 problems. Those of =
you who are US citizens should write to your Senators and Congressmen =
about the last one.
Please, someone, fix this. Otherwise I will have to be a passive =
Wikipedian (if that is not an oxymoron). As it stands, I cannot even =
write to my own user page.
Again, I apologize for sending such a long and personal msg to a List. =
Please forgive.
=97The Solo Owl
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<DIV>[Probably not the right place for this plea. Please forward =
to the=20
right person. (See next to last paragraph below for my reason for =
using=20
this forum.]</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I am a new user of Wikipedia. It seems like a great =
project. =20
Since about 1963, I have believed that the world needs a really big =
encyclopedia=20
to access all knowledge about everything (before the internet, I=20
estimated thousands of printed volumes). In the '80s I =
learned=20
of the idea now called "hyperlink" and I knew, theoretically, how =
this=20
could work as a continually updated virtual book. Nupedia and =
Wikipedia=20
promise to fulfill this vision.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>But the very second time I tried to add a suggestion I was referred =
to a=20
page with this content:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</DIV>
<DIV>User is blocked<BR>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Your user name or IP address has been blocked by PierreAbbat. The =
reason=20
given is this:<BR>Vandalized World Trade Center, William I of England. =
Removed=20
large section of Napoleonic Code, </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You may contact the administrator to discuss the block. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Return to Main Page.=20
<BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I am new to Wikipedia. The time I first saw this page, I =
had not=20
yet registered a user name on Wikipedia. I plead innocent to =
these=20
crimes.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To accuse me or anyone else of "vandalizing the World Trade =
Center", is=20
just fuckin [at a loss for words here]. Especially since I was =
born in NYC=20
and now live in DC and am acquainted with people who collectively =
knew many=20
of the victims of the WTC "vandals". We are just now =
recovering from=20
the "sniper" who shot up the DC area, apparently as part of a =
custody=20
dispute.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We are far more likely to be victims than vandals, =
individually. =20
It seems that almost every month I am reading about some place that I =
have=20
visited that was blown up or shot up in the name of someone's agenda =
(this=20
includes the spot the sniper got his last victim, a bombing in =
Israel last=20
week, the WTC, etc.). Some day they may catch up with =
me. Any=20
one of us.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Vandalizing the World Trade Center" may be an unfortunate, =
unthinking=20
choice of words, but I am still deeply offended. I apologize to =
anyone=20
else who reads this flame.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(As for removing large sections of the Napoleonic Code: there are =
large=20
sections of the IRS Code and the US Code I should like to =
delete and=20
replace, but under our Constitution my opinion on this =
doesn=92t=20
matter=97when we vote Tuesday, DC will once again choose a =
Non-Voting=20
Delegate to Congress.)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To block my IP number is to tar me by guilt by =
association. I=20
still communicate with the outside world through modems hooked up to the =
public=20
switched telephone network, as we called it back in the Bitnet =
days. My=20
ISP, Starpower/RCN, assigns me a dynamic IP address, which belongs=20
to a server physically located in the Maryland suburbs. I =
tried to=20
logout from the Internet and login again, hoping that a =
different=20
dynamic IP address would work. No such luck.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You may be blocking many, perhaps all Starpower customers from =
the 202=20
area code, and at busy times from many other places as well. =20
(Apparently one Wikipedian agrees that the people of DC do not deserve a =
voice. At any rate, his actions have this =
effect.)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I think you need to rethink the practice of blocking dynamic IP=20
numbers. Not everyone lives in an area served by cable modems or=20
DSL. Many of those who do cannot afford the additional expense of =
a high=20
speed connection that is always on.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The message advises me to "contact the administrator to =
discuss the=20
block." This is nice. It would have been nicer if =
a hyperlink=20
to the administrator's "mailto:" address were included. Unlike =
most=20
websites, the Wikipedia home page offers no hyperlink to the =
webmaster. =20
This is why I joined and wrote to this =
list. Probably there is a=20
better place for this msg. If so, please forward this, =
and tell=20
me.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There are four things that need fixing here: my access =
to=20
Wikipedia, your handling of dynamic IP addresses, an easy way to contact =
the=20
Wikipedia webmaster or administrator, and DC's voting rights. I =
trust that=20
someone on this list can deal with the first 3 problems. =
Those of you=20
who are US citizens should write to your Senators and Congressmen =
about=20
the last one.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Please, someone, fix this. Otherwise I will have to be a =
passive=20
Wikipedian (if that is not an oxymoron). As it stands, I cannot =
even=20
write to my own user page.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Again, I apologize for sending such a long and personal msg to =
a=20
List. Please forgive.<BR></DIV>
<DIV> =97The Solo Owl<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Wikipedia as a single project that happens to have content in an
admixture of languages (much as the World Wide Web is a single network
that happens to have sites in an admixture of languages--the world does
much better with a single geo-neutral Web instead of an American Web,
Chinese Web, Polish Web. I am also troubled by the forces which are
trying to balkanize the Web).
I thank you for discussing this in my native tongue. My Polish is worse
than minimal.
projects specific to individual languages and nationalities.
2. The procedural improvements I propose should be obvious from what I
consider to be problem areas.
project of building a universal WikiWiki-based GFDL encyclopedia is what
I care about.
Obviously, I think Wikipedia(TM, R, All Rights Reversed, etc.) is the
best-of-breed implementation of the project, at least for the English
language (with the best logo, too).
And if we all think of the project in these broad terms, then our
particular implementation will generally win out; embrace and extend.
Then again, if you want to do the scutwork of competing with EL instead
of working them back into the fold, then who am I to stop you? (Answer:
no-one.) Just seems like there are better things to do.
Arts and Crafts Movement, Mouthpiece, Ununennium, which led to
boilerplate entries on the rest of the undiscovered Unun elements,
which were immediately hopped up by Vicki Rosenzweig; Camp;
Undocumented feature
To me, the votes for deletion page is a constrained Recent Changes,
where I am reminded of things I might contribute on, but would not
have thought of on my own. Every one of these was a really poor
stub. Every one is now a pretty good stub. I call that progress.
But they wouldn't be there at all if I hadn't been prompted by the
Votes for Deletion page.
Tom Parmenter
Ortolan88