I'm getting editing locks on everything right now too. I'd say that wikipedia is, for the moment, down.
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I'm getting editing locks on everything right now too.
Just a quick reminder: *anyone* can clear the editing lock by visiting this URL:
http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=unlock
If the lock is stuck, it will take about 1 minute and then return a message about a "forced" unlock.
Eventually I will probably make the locks self-clearing, or possibly check the time of the lock and remove ones that are too old.
--Cliff
Perhaps we should put a link to that unlock command on the edit lock page. We can say "Hey, please wait about a minute and try resubmitting, but if that doesn't work, click on the link below to clear the edit lock, which will take about a minute."
Does that make some sense as a short-term measure?
Clifford A. Adams wrote:
I'm getting editing locks on everything right now too.
Just a quick reminder: *anyone* can clear the editing lock by visiting this URL:
http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=unlock
If the lock is stuck, it will take about 1 minute and then return a message about a "forced" unlock.
Eventually I will probably make the locks self-clearing, or possibly check the time of the lock and remove ones that are too old.
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Fixed, thanks! I'm going to look into this today. I thought we had a cron job running to test for the edit lock and get rid of it if it was on too long.
Apparently not, though.
koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
I'm getting editing locks on everything right now too. I'd say that wikipedia is, for the moment, down.
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