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Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Jul 23rd 2012 at 2:16:09 PM

I just split out VideoGame.Alien Vs Predator Capcom and have noticed that when potholed on other pages it produces a red link even though the page linked to most certainly exists.

...and the link in the previous paragraph comes out red. But the simple link Alien vs. Predator (Capcom) seems to work.

...and now the link in the first paragraph is blue and the one in the second is red. How is this happening?

edited 23rd Jul '12 2:18:04 PM by Prfnoff

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#2: Jul 23rd 2012 at 8:41:01 PM

Let's try Alien vs. Predator (Capcom).

Hm, this is odd. Did it somehow get onto the pseudoredlink club.

edited 23rd Jul '12 8:41:55 PM by Deboss

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Sheora from Florida Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Dancing with Captain Jack Harkness
#3: Jul 24th 2012 at 12:39:10 AM

I just popped in to report the same problem with Time Enough for Love. Someone just shifted the namespace tonight, if that could have something to do with the problem.

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#4: Jul 24th 2012 at 2:43:31 AM

Notice the difference between Videogame.Alien Vs Predator Capcom and Alien vs. Predator (Capcom)?

The namespace is Video Game not Videogame.

edited 24th Jul '12 2:44:06 AM by FastEddie

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#5: Jul 24th 2012 at 6:46:47 AM

Eddie, there is definitely a problem. Many (or all) newly created articles seem to be redlinked whether they are valid links or not.

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Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
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#6: Jul 24th 2012 at 6:57:40 AM

It doesn't seem dependent on namespace (if it's CamelCase, if the capitalisation is right, etc), from what I've seen on discussion pages.

Also: See Test.Trope vs Trope — the former is always blue.

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#7: Jul 24th 2012 at 10:09:51 AM

I was checking to see how the namespace dealie was working. I know that Wiki Word namespaces tend to confuse the system (as per the Custom Titler) and wanted to see if that might be it.

It seems to be doing it based on the hidden namespace "/" instead of the displayed namespace ".".

At a guess, it looks like the widget that flags articles as existing is ignoring namespaces. Let's test, all of these should be blue:

Meat Shield

Meat Shield

Main.Meat Shield

MeatShield

MeatShield

WebComic.Meat Shield

Webcomic.Meat Shield

These should be red:

Meat Shield

Film.Meat Shield

Meat Shield

Meat Shield

VideoGame.Meat Shield

Videogame.Meat Shield

edited 24th Jul '12 10:14:18 AM by Deboss

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#8: Jul 24th 2012 at 10:18:14 AM

Odd, would a mod care to check and see if Web Comic / Meat Shield has a custom title that eliminates the space?

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lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#9: Jul 24th 2012 at 10:19:58 AM

The webomic is custom titled to display as MeatShield.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#10: Jul 24th 2012 at 10:24:05 AM

So then, the only problem is that string of blue links that don't exist in Film and Video Game (I used to two to test if it being a Wiki Word mattered).

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Indigo12ash from Aperture Science Since: Feb, 2012
#11: Jul 24th 2012 at 10:46:24 AM

Just got the same problem with Series.The L Word. I moved the contents from Main.The L Word to there.

TEST:

No namespace: The L Word

Series/: The L Word

Main.The L Word

Series.The L Word

EDIT: What the hell? When I was changing the wicks on indexes yesterday, it was the The L Word with the Series/ in front of it that was red. Weird.

EDIT 2: Okay. This is fucked up. When I edited this post, it was Series.The L Word that was redlinked and now it's The L Word that's redlinked again.

edited 24th Jul '12 11:07:13 PM by FastEddie

Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12: Jul 24th 2012 at 11:15:16 AM

It's very inconsistent. Franchise.Naruto randomly becomes red or blue. Naruto.

Huh. The first became blue as soon as I typed the / namespaced one, which is red. Lemme try another post...

edited 24th Jul '12 11:16:39 AM by lu127

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lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#13: Jul 24th 2012 at 11:16:57 AM

Franchise.Naruto (redlinked)

Naruto redlinked again.

Franchise.Naruto became a blue link as soon as I typed Naruto. Oooooooooooooooooh.

edited 24th Jul '12 10:28:54 PM by FastEddie

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#14: Jul 24th 2012 at 11:30:23 AM

Looks like it has to do with the same title but different namespaces in the same redlinker batch. The entire thread is processed in one redlinker batch. I'll dig into it.

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Indigo12ash from Aperture Science Since: Feb, 2012
#15: Jul 24th 2012 at 11:42:26 AM

Thank you Eddie!

EDIT: It looks like someone had this issue earlier as well but that thread was fairly neglected.

edited 24th Jul '12 11:47:13 AM by Indigo12ash

Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#16: Jul 24th 2012 at 12:11:02 PM

Hmm. Gonna have to work on this one late at night. Too disruptive for primetime.

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Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#17: Jul 25th 2012 at 6:57:39 AM

I just got a PM saying that this is disrupting namespace migration, with links to Day of the Tentacle having the namespace stripped on account of being red.

TrollBrutal Since: Nov, 2010
#18: Jul 25th 2012 at 7:28:51 AM

^^ Yep that was mine. 2 wicks went back to Main since I started to monitorize it 2 days ago.

animeg3282 Since: Jan, 2001
#19: Jul 25th 2012 at 9:30:58 AM

I'm getting this problem with Sakuran when I click it it's a page, but on the page it's red.

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#20: Jul 25th 2012 at 9:45:36 AM

Sync is also having this problem.

edited 25th Jul '12 9:46:09 AM by Ekuran

Indigo12ash from Aperture Science Since: Feb, 2012
#21: Jul 25th 2012 at 10:16:28 AM

Dammit. Moved This Is Wonderland to Series.This Is Wonderland today. Same damn thing. Maybe I should take a break from namespace migration until this issue is fixed.

Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
CaveCat One cool canine Since: Apr, 2011
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#22: Jul 25th 2012 at 10:28:36 AM

I too have the same problem with my Coconut Meets Cranium trope that I just launched.

Sometimes, you just can't win them all.
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#23: Jul 25th 2012 at 12:20:27 PM

Found the problem. Ran out of space in the titles in-memory table. Luckily all the new items are in the on-disk table. I'll copy them in, in a bit.

edited 25th Jul '12 12:23:19 PM by FastEddie

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Indigo12ash from Aperture Science Since: Feb, 2012
#24: Jul 25th 2012 at 12:21:38 PM

Thank you Eddie!!

Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#25: Jul 25th 2012 at 1:01:46 PM

I see bluelinks again. How about everyone else?

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