[WikiEN-l] Deletion lag times

[Ray Saintonge]

Rick wrote:

>--- Stephen Adair <swadair at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Is anyone else having terrible lag times when trying
>>to delete
>>articles?  Quite a while back I noticed that if I
>>don't get the
>>confirmation screen within three seconds, I won't
>>get it at all.  If
>>it takes longer than three seconds, what will happen
>>instead is that
>>it eventually times out and I get a message that the
>>Wikipedia server
>>didn't respond to the request.  Usually, when the
>>first try doesn't
>>get a response within three seconds, I'll click stop
>>and re-click
>>confirm.  The deletion usually occurs on the second
>>or third try.
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, it's been really bad the last couple of days.  I
>have made ten attempts at some deletions and have
>finally given up, just put the {{delete}} header on
>the page for later deletion when the process actually
>works.  Of course, when I brought it up on the Village
>Pump, I was ridiculed instead of given any
>constructive advice.
>  
>
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Ec