[WikiEN-l] Deletion lag times

Wed Jun 8 08:23:35 UTC 2005

Yes, I did some deleting from that cat a while back and I had to click
a grand total of 5 times on one article to get it deleted IIRC. Maybe
we should mention it to the developers?

--Mgm

On 6/8/05, 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.
> 
> Tonight has been horrible.  I must have tried at least 15 times before
> I was able to delete [[Dermapigmentation]] (content was "tasha").  So
> far I've managed to delete three articles listed on
> [[Category:Candidates for speedy deletion]] but the rest of them are
> going to sit there.  It is too much trouble trying to delete because
> of the horrible lag / time-out issue.
> 
> Anyone else having the same problem?
> 
> Stephen W. Adair
> User:SWAdair
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