Recent Changes… Thanks, Raul. That's a start. I'll give it a try next time it happens. Trouble is, it's not a condition that can be triggered at will. At least, I don't know how.
MediaWiki does a lot of logging, in so many different ways. When I have a spare week I must study it more. On Wed, 11 May 2022 at 19:04, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > The Recent Changes link on the left side of wiki pages is useful for > checking recent (potential) edits. > > I know, I know, this sounds "obvious" but with so many competing > pieces of potentially useful information in front of us, "obvious" is > all-too-often in short supply. > > I hope this helps, > > -- > Raul > > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 12:23 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I too would like a clear statement of best practice for recovering from > > this situation. Maybe as a flowchart. > > > > Whenever I see the warning message (usually after hitting "Save changes") > > my reflex action is to do what Bob recommends: scroll to the "editing > area" > > and copy/paste it for emergency recovery. But it's so rarely necessary. > > Usually it works to simply hit the "Save Changes" button a second time. > (If > > I dare.) > > > > On occasions when I've panicked (and thus forgotten how exactly I > > responded) it's subsequently emerged that the server has actually > > registered my changes and updated the page. But to verify this fact is > not > > a simple task. If someone could only tell me how best to do it – as a > > reflex action – the "demon warning" would no longer be an issue for me. > > > > Good task-support for the task of recovery might include > > -- a button which reliably copies the editing area to the system > > pasteboard, not disruptable by a sick server or connection, > > -- a confirmation message fom the server that the last "Save Changes" > > button-click did not (logically) alter the page contents. > > > > Ian > > > > On Wed, 11 May 2022 at 16:51, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think it's simply a loss of your reservation after a timeout. > > > Wikipedia does the same. > > > > > > When you start editing a page, you get rights to it for a short time > > > (maybe 5 min?). After that, it's up for grabs. When you repeat your > > > save, it goes through (parhaps after a check for conflict). > > > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > On 5/11/2022 11:41 AM, 'robert therriault' via General wrote: > > > > Before reloading the page, I would suggest copying your most recent > > > edits if you can. > > > > > > > > Then if you lose the edits on reloading, you should be able go to the > > > original page, edit and paste in your saved edits to continue on. > > > > > > > > I have seen this as well, although not very often and I put it down > to > > > an interruption to my internet that might not be noticed by me on my > > > browser, > > > > but was enough to disrupt the editing process within the wiki. > > > > > > > > Cheers, bob > > > > > > > >> On May 11, 2022, at 08:33, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I suspect that that message means that your browser has lost track > of > > > >> a cookie or failed to perform a secondary request. > > > >> > > > >> It does not seem to be a timeout. Or, if that message does > represent a > > > >> timeout, there are also other issues which can trigger the problem: > > > >> Sometimes simply reloading the page has been sufficient to make the > > > >> message go away. > > > >> > > > >> I hope this helps, > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Raul > > > >> > > > >> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:29 PM Arthur Anger <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > >>> Now and then, after many minutes of making editing changes to a > Wiki > > > page, a Save request is greeted by: > > > >>> Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session > data. > > > >>> > > > >>> You might have been logged out. . . . > > > >>> > > > >>> Is this a timeout in the editor, and can it be lengthened? > > > >>> > > > >>> Is this instead a result of temporary loss of communication, which > > > does occur occasionally, but doesn't often have a visual effect during > an > > > editing session? > > > >>> > > > >>> I have sometimes managed to copy the edited page and reinstate it > > > later, but wonder if there is standard recovery procedure. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks. > > > >>> --Art > > > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > > https://www.avg.com > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
