[07:32:56] [[Tech]]; ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2; /* extreme slowness */ new section; https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=19166618&oldid=19160557&rcid=13740568 [08:56:34] Is anyone from Security around? [08:57:49] Or do you have an email? [08:59:18] Found your email [08:59:28] * RhinosF1 is writing you an email [09:07:43] Security@ you've got mail [10:12:02] [[Tech]]; MarcoAurelio; /* extreme slowness */; https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=19166798&oldid=19166618&rcid=13740868 [11:35:05] [[Tech]]; ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2; /* extreme slowness */; https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=19166898&oldid=19166798&rcid=13741096 [11:35:18] [[Tech]]; ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2; /* extreme slowness */; https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=19166900&oldid=19166898&rcid=13741101 [12:11:06] what is the procedure for getting around 'Account creation error' when trying to create a wikipedia account? [12:17:37] oxek, well the first thing to do is look at what the error is [12:19:02] Account creation from IP addresses in the range [redacted]/24, which includes your IP address ([redacted]), has been blocked by [redacted]. [12:19:11] it's a meaningless error that I've been getting for a few weeks now [12:19:52] meaningless? [12:20:17] someone has specifically blocked the network you're on from editing [12:20:27] with no information on how to get around it [12:20:41] i.e. all the info requires me to log in, which I cannot do because I cannot create an account [12:20:46] ... [12:20:49] it's a block [12:21:05] it's supposed to be difficult to get around [12:21:05] yes, so I am asking how to get around the block [12:22:13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block#Routes_to_unblock [12:22:34] assuming this is a block on the english wikipedia [12:24:06] "They do not always mean the blocked user has done anything wrong", that should have been written on the error page too, instead of making me feel like a criminal without doing anything wrong [12:24:33] it's not very inclusive of wikipedia [12:38:22] there are so many pages covering this, it's so complicated [12:38:34] I don't even want to edit wikipedia, I just want to save my account preferences [12:38:48] there should be a better way of doing this [12:39:09] like only blocking edits, but not blocking account creations [12:39:26] can somebody pass this up to people in power of wikipedia? [13:25:06] [[Tech]]; Krinkle; /* extreme slowness */; https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=19167026&oldid=19166900&rcid=13741356 [18:10:15] Script timeout issues on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Egypt [18:10:45] sometimes a purge restores a few templates, sometimes it replaces a few others with error messages [18:10:58] the duration of the script execution seems to vary and may have increased recently [18:43:56] ToBeFree: maybe related to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226048 [18:58:42] paladox: hmm, thanks, but I'd say server-side script timeouts may be something different than these connection problems [18:58:51] this is international / central [18:59:12] "The time allocated for running scripts has expired." [18:59:41] That site was slow to load for me. [19:00:08] Which would mean the task task I linked to is definitely related (as the site loaded instantly a few mins after) [19:00:14] that's because the server needs a long time to generate all these random article selections and other templates [19:00:27] it then displays a server-side timeout [19:00:57] I doint think that’s it as it would do that on every page load. [19:01:17] there are multiple cache types