Mailing List Archive: meta.wikipedia.com overloaded

meta.wikipedia.com overloaded

Jul 17, 2002, 5:03 AM

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The mySQL server appears to have too many connections, and the
resulting page full of error messages isn't to pleasant. I don't know
if this is fixed in the newcode, but I think if it isn't we should have
some standard "error page" and just include the details in the
source of the HTML.

(I've included a copy of the page that was generated at
<http://bits.bris.ac.uk/imran/wiki/wikimeta.htm>)

Imran
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Re: meta.wikipedia.com overloaded [ In reply to ]

cunctator at kband

Jul 17, 2002, 9:55 AM

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On 7/17/02 1:30 PM, "Brion VIBBER" <brion@pobox.com> wrote:

>
> Perhaps at some point this should be upgraded? (The database will need
> some munging, see updSchema.php)
>
Meta should just be integrated into the main Wikipedia as its own namespace,
with an option to include/restrict meta RecentChanges from the main
RecentChanges page.

Re: meta.wikipedia.com overloaded [ In reply to ]

brion at pobox

Jul 17, 2002, 10:30 AM

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Imran Ghory wrote:
> The mySQL server appears to have too many connections, and the
> resulting page full of error messages isn't to pleasant. I don't know
[...]

Incidentally, the meta server is running a _very_ old version of the
code, which lacks such features as:

* restriction of uploads and minor edits to logged-in users
* protection against arbitrary JavaScript inserted into HTML code in
articles
* protection against arbitrary PHP code being run from the upload
directory (in apache configuration)
* use of /wiki/foo links instead of/addition to /wiki.phtml?title=foo
(needs apache configuaration)

Perhaps at some point this should be upgraded? (The database will need
some munging, see updSchema.php)

Also, the upload directory contains a bunch of files of questionable
value (see http://meta.wikipedia.com/wiki.phtml?title=special:upload ;
roughly everything from "rox.bmp" through "SORRY GIRLS.jpg" and some
more later on mixed in with legitimate files such as flags and Wikipedia
paraphernalia).

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

RE: meta.wikipedia.com overloaded [ In reply to ]

magnus.manske at epost

Jul 17, 2002, 10:33 AM

Post #4 of 4 (666 views)

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I thought we already had this discussion, and concluded that if the meta
becomes part of the English wikipedia, it wouldn't be neutral anymore (or
something like that;)

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> On 7/17/02 1:30 PM, "Brion VIBBER" <brion@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Perhaps at some point this should be upgraded? (The database will need
> > some munging, see updSchema.php)
> >
> Meta should just be integrated into the main Wikipedia as its own
> namespace,
> with an option to include/restrict meta RecentChanges from the main
> RecentChanges page.
>
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