On 12/04/11 06:39, Marc Riddell wrote:
Is anyone else experiencing an extremely long response time when trying to edit the English Wikipedia? When trying to "Save Page" on my last two edits, both resulted in time outs and wouldn't, or couldn't, complete the edit. In both cases I finally gave up. Any suggestions?
Usually this means that the templates on the page are too slow to parse. Try cutting down the navboxes.
Putting {{REVISIONID}} or a related variable on the page will cause it to be parsed twice on save, so saving will take twice as long as previewing. Certain kinds of abuse filter rule also cause a double parse on save. If it takes more than 3 minutes, then the edit won't go through.
-- Tim Starling