There seem to have been an intermittent problem with someone doing too
many commons searches thus overloading the server the handles commons
and many other wikis. This does happen sometimes and I think we do need
an automatic DDoS (or at least naughty user) detection system.
r.
On 06/04/11 03:26, Billinghurst wrote:
I haven't been able to get an answer/response via
IRC so I will try this methodology.
When running searches at English and French Wikisources today, I have been not given
search results, though it will successfully run an ajax check and locate a link, and if
it
is blue to forward you to that link.
These links do not give results (searches tried by myself and another)
Secure, logged in, English Wikisource
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikisource/en/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASear…
Non-secure, not logged in, French WS
http://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&red…
Some assistance would be great.
Regards Andrew
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