On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:47:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geoffreyerffoeg(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Caching
A suggestion for caching: the home page, [[Main
Page]], never should include links to nonexistent
pages. Could that be cached (in standard stylesheet),
e.g., as /index.html? I would think that page is
accessed very frequently and that caching it would
save some database work for other pages.
Actually, it seems to happen rather often that someone or something
formerly rather obscure suddenly hits the headlines, or dies, and suddenly
appears on the [[Main Page]]. Of course, usually at least a stub is made
very soon after, but I don't think it qualifies as a "never". And it's
good to be able to see whether or not the article does exist yet when you
see the Main Page, of course.
For instance, right now, the first two "Recent deaths" on the English
Wikipedia, Bernard Katz & Nina Simone, both didn't have any page at all
until they died.
--
John R. Owens
http://www.ghiapet.homeip.net/
You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat
and I had my hands about it.
-- Rorschach, "Watchmen"
