[OSM-talk] OSM Wiki Status

[SteveC]

* @ 04/05/06 07:13:07 PM crschmidt at crschmidt.net wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:12:11PM -0400, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> > It seems that with the rest of the site coming up, the wiki has gone
> > down... has become really slow.
> 
> Working fast and fine again here for me. Kudos if someone did anything.

This was from the first boingboing hit :-(

> > Also, something I noticed yesterday: The biggest problem I had with
> > using the wiki over the past two weeks is that searches never turn up
> > anything. At first I just assumed documentation was incomplete, because
> > a search for "API" didn't return anything, but then I was able to find
> > my way to the API page through various links accidentally, so I think
> > something in the actual search of the wiki is broken.
> 
> So, now that this is back up, here's what I see: 
>  * WMS takes me to the WMS_Server page (exact title match + redirection)
>  * API/api return nothing
>  * XML/xml return nothing
>  * geonames returns 3 hits
>  * steve returns 19 hits
> 
> So it seems like maybe the search is running on an old index or
> something? Is this an async process with MediaWiki?  (I looked at code
> for a bit, but could not figure it out: I abhor MediaWiki code.)

Yeah, I don't mind fixing something if it's pointed out but mediawiki is
a kafka-esque nightmare I normally avoid.

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/