Unfortunately, that didn't work -- it just gave me the "database locked" page again.

And I *had* clicked on Preview.  That was where I got the error.  I always do Preview when I'm making large edits, so I can copy it in case of an edit conflict.  I'm just mad at myself for not getting it in under the wire.

Zoe

 Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com> wrote:

On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 21:09, Zoe wrote:
> I spent about 15 minutes working on [[April 5]] only to have the
> database lockout hit me just as I saw saving. I have no interest in
> doing all that work again. Mav, have at it.

Normally, one hits "back", and copies the text from the edit box, and
pastes it into a nice text file.

In case this is problematic on Internet Explorer and other notoriously
wikipedia-unfriendly browsers, I've just tweaked it so that trying to
save a page during lockout in the future will divert to a preview,
giving you a chance to copy the text without hitting 'back'.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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