The cache for Special:Listusers/sysop lasts far too long. In my opinion the cache needs to be cleared much more frequently.
-Timothy On Dec 14, 2007 8:13 PM, George Pribul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hullo! > > I made the RC list change, and did some other changes in the MediaWiki area > at the same time which I hope have gone down okay. > > The link has now gone since listsusers is buggy and the project page may be > inaccurate. There's still many other ways to get to it, rather than the RC > list (which it's not entirely relevant to anyway). > > Kirkburn > (Wikia Gaming helper) > > > > On Dec 15, 2007 1:46 AM, Robin Forlonge Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > I agree! > > > > Especially for any Wikia where the founder hasn't edited since Day 1 if > ever! > > > > [Mr] Robin Forlonge Patterson, > > 88 Motuhara Road, Plimmerton, Porirua City 5026, New Zealand > > Member of NZ Society of Genealogists since 1974 > > http://wc.rootsweb.com/~robinp > > And see http://genealogy.wikia.com/ a free cooperative MediaWiki site > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Chris Stafford > > To: Central Wikia Mailing List > > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 6:47 AM > > Subject: [Wikia-l] new links at top of S:RC, about the 'admins' > > > > concerning the new links at the top of Special:Recentchanges, i'd like to > suggest a change in link target > > > > the 'Admins' one currently points to Special:Listusers/sysop > > > > while this is fine most places, there are 2 big issues here > > > > a) listusers has horrible cache problems. there is either a lengthy lag, > or people never show up at all. > > (ie, i'm still not listed at > http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Listusers/sysop despite being sysopd > in october) > > > > b) since it a special page, users cant edit it. they cannot point out > which users are current and which havent been around in months (years in > some cases). > > again, this isnt a problem at new places, but large wikis have sysops that > only stay for so long, and since getting a desysop is like pulling teath > around here... > > (ie, at eq2, we have 18 listed sysops, but only 4 are current, most are > from before the merge from both sides, some havent edited since 2005) > > > > i propose changing the link to [[Project:Administrators]], (letting the > parser change that to the local namespace) so that people can setup their > own 'admin' list area. > > > > this gives them the control of redirecting the page to where they want (if > they have a different 'admins' page setup already), listing current admins > vs MIA admins, also listing any "junior admins" such as people with rollback > or other non-full sysops as i've seen some places have. > > > > -uberfuzzy > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
