I am having exactly the same problem.
I just tried to edit the Recycled Soundtrack page again, and nothing happened. Then I logged on as my sockpuppet (Dama Momus), and it says the page is still checked out to Lady Momus.
So, the system recognizes the page is being checked out, but doesn't seem to recognize when changes are made. Weird.
edited 31st Jul '11 7:52:16 PM by LadyMomus
Lost in Space
You are correct - that specific article is not accepting edits.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
What does "not accepting edits" mean? Is it a glitch that's going to be fixed? Is there some kind of edit lock on the page? And if so, is there a forum thread where we can request edits to be made?
While I'm thinking about edits, here are the edits I've tried to make, so I'll remember them when it's possible to make them:
- fix link to The Wizard of Oz
- fix link to Atlantis The Lost Empire
Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty
fix link to Ape Escape, from Main.Ape Escape to VideoGame.Ape Escape.
edited 24th Aug '11 9:10:35 AM by TheOneWhoTropes
Keeper of The Celestial Flame
Dragon Writer
Hm, strange. If the article was edit-locked it would show the padlock icon instead of "edit page".
I'm going to experiment using Sandbox.Recycled Soundtrack.
- Created the article: OK
- Copy and paste existing article code: FAIL
- Make other edit to the article: OK
Conclusion so far: There's something in the article's code that's causing the edits to bork. Give me five minutes and I should be able to narrow down what...
- Copy/paste lead paragraph: OK
- Copy/paste Anime/Manga section: FAIL
- Copy/paste Film section: OK
- Live-action TV section: OK
- Videogames section: OK
- Western Animation section: OK
Wow that was fast. Now to isolate which line from Anime/Manga was causing the problem:
- First two examples: FAIL
- Latter two examples: OK
- First example (Evangelion): FAIL
- Second example (Monster): OK
Okay, it's definitely the Evangelion example. Let's nail this sucker...
- Wrap with nowiki code: FAIL
- Space out all Wiki Words: FAIL
- Remove all apostrophe markup: FAIL
- Cutoff sentence after Neon Genesis Evangelion: OK
- Cutoff sentence after Kare Kano: OK
- Add parenthetical note: FAIL
- Add remainder of sentence: OK
Okay, I've got it, something about THIS sentence is making it bork:
edited 24th Aug '11 1:28:56 PM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Something from the Evangelion example was borking it.
It's from this text : (Hideaki Anno's next series, with music by the same composer). The odd part is that it's just plaintext. I put it back in the article as a hottip and it works now.
edited 24th Aug '11 10:38:30 AM by Balmung
Dragon Writer
Even more specifically, it's something with the parentheses around Hideaki Anno.
... Holy cow it's even more specific than that: The exact string of (Hideaki Anno (case sensitive, and with the opening parenthesis) causes editing to bork. Without parenthesis (yes, hottip works here), misspell it, miscapitalize it, do anything else and it's fine. But that exact sequence of characters causes it to bork (and splicing it up by nowiki code doesn't fix it, either).
What grudge does the server have against Hideaki Anno? It doesn't bork the forums, only wiki articles.
edited 24th Aug '11 10:55:48 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Balmung: You fixed it? I'm impressed.
That's one really weird glitch. Especially since edits were made after that text was added, and it was still working fine.
Dragon Writer
The Evangelion example was added back in September 2010, yet the edit-borking behavior didn't start occuring until just last month. So this is not really weird, it's totally weird.
Try it yourself: Go to any arbitrary Sandbox URL, type in the exact string (Hideaki Anno , hit Save, and nothing happens. It borks the form submission somehow.
edited 24th Aug '11 11:09:49 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Zzzzzzzzzz
Wow. I can't do anything to fix it, but that's some impressive detective work, you guys.![[awesome]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minis/award_star_gold_3.png "[awesome]"){kind=small}
Dragon Writer
I PM'ed Eddie about it, he replied that he fixed it. (Still leaves me curious exactly what was happening.)
edited 25th Aug '11 8:48:49 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
I am now having the same problem (edits not sticking) with Heterosexual Life-Partners.
I see the Awesomeness.
Tried to do a description trim in Beauty Equals Goodness. Won't stick.
Fight smart, not fair.
Ran into the same thing when I tried to add collapsible folders to Mainstream Obscurity.
I messed around with a sandbox page. It looks like the word "baba" is the reason the pages aren't allowing editing. There's a persistent vandal who uses that word as his/her MO, so that's probably why it's locked.
Unfortunately, the pages in question have legitimate uses of the word: Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves (a story), Baba O'Riley (a song), Baba Yaga (a name).
I found "U MAD" as a problem in the Other Internet page.
What about the pages of Dragonball? They've got "Baba" in them too, right?
I made a minor edit on the Dragon Ball page and it worked. And Mainstream Obscurity seems to work as well. Looks like the pages can be edited again.
I attempted to make a small edit on the Recycled Soundtrack page. I made the changes and saved the page, but when I looked at the article, the changes hadn't been saved. The page's history said the last edit was weeks ago. I tried a couple more times with the same results.
I've successfully edited pages before and since this attempt, so the glitch appears to be only on that page.