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%3ASearc...

Non-secure, not logged in, French WS http://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&redi...

Some assistance would be great. Regards Andrew

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