Difference between revisions of "Forum:What Happened to the Sidebar?"

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The sidebar (navbar, to the left, under the wiki logo) used to have links to the Forum, various top-level frequently used pages, etc.  Now it looks like a default MediaWiki sidebar.  The MediaWiki:Sidebar edit history doesn't have any recent edits - something changed on the server?
 
The sidebar (navbar, to the left, under the wiki logo) used to have links to the Forum, various top-level frequently used pages, etc.  Now it looks like a default MediaWiki sidebar.  The MediaWiki:Sidebar edit history doesn't have any recent edits - something changed on the server?
 
[[User:Raindog308|Raindog308]] ([[User talk:Raindog308|talk]]) 17:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 
[[User:Raindog308|Raindog308]] ([[User talk:Raindog308|talk]]) 17:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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:The sidebar page cache was wrong. Apparently a known bug in MediaWiki. --[[User:Paxed|paxed]] ([[User talk:Paxed|talk]]) 19:46, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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::happened again today :-( [[User:Raindog308|Raindog308]] ([[User talk:Raindog308|talk]]) 03:42, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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:::I just fixed it. I believe you can regenerate the sidebar yourself using [http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Sidebar?action=purge this link]; editing the sidebar needs admin powers, but regenerating it (leaving the contents the same) can be done by an ordinary user. [[User:Ais523|Ais523]] ([[User talk:Ais523|talk]]) 03:47, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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The sidebar (navbar, to the left, under the wiki logo) used to have links to the Forum, various top-level frequently used pages, etc. Now it looks like a default MediaWiki sidebar. The MediaWiki:Sidebar edit history doesn't have any recent edits - something changed on the server? Raindog308 (talk) 17:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

The sidebar page cache was wrong. Apparently a known bug in MediaWiki. --paxed (talk) 19:46, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
happened again today :-( Raindog308 (talk) 03:42, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
I just fixed it. I believe you can regenerate the sidebar yourself using this link; editing the sidebar needs admin powers, but regenerating it (leaving the contents the same) can be done by an ordinary user. Ais523 (talk) 03:47, 16 January 2014 (UTC)