On 17/07/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/17/06, Jesse W jessw@netwood.net wrote:
Actually, now there *is* a nice, (hopefully) clear line in the message that comes up when you go to a redlinked page, that says: (paraphrasing) "If you expected a page to be here, it may be a database delay, or it may have been deleted - click *here* to check the deletion log, and *here* to see the discussion, if there was one." So, while
It says this:
If you expected a page to be here, and it is not, the page may not yet be visible due to a delay in updating the database, or it may have been deleted. (See the criteria for speedy deletion for some possible reasons). Please try the purge function, check the deletion log and/or the deletion discussion page, and wait a few minutes before attempting to recreate this page.
It could be clearer - these are really pretty exceptional circumstances after all. The "delay in updating the database" is almost unheard of. Something like this might be clearer:
I get a new page not "taking" immediately about half a percent of the time, FWIW - haven't taken stats, but that number feels right. Tends to come in waves.
(I create a lot of redirects...)