MeFi Wiki problems

April 1, 2004 1:22 AM

Okay, so we're having fun with the Metafilter April Fools Wiki, except, uhm, it doesn't work. :) At least not for me. I click 'Edit Page' and edit the page, but my edits are not saved. Or is it just that the db behind it all is just getting so hammered for all the junk and spam posts?
posted by metaxa to Bugs at 1:22 AM (40 comments total)

(I can't believe I just posted a bug report about the damn April Fools joke)
posted by metaxa at 1:23 AM on April 1, 2004

it's just some lame-ass CF wiki code with lots of bugs. I say embrace the chaos.

I'm going to sleep now.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:26 AM on April 1, 2004

Sleep? Now? So we've got another 12 hours of this... Waaaaa!
*sucks on humbug*
posted by twine42 at 1:28 AM on April 1, 2004

[this is bad]
posted by metaxa at 1:30 AM on April 1, 2004

Parameter 2 of function Left which is now 0 must be a positive integer.

This is why we can't have nice things.
posted by eddydamascene at 1:32 AM on April 1, 2004

[this is bad]
[this is an understatement]
posted by twine42 at 1:37 AM on April 1, 2004

I'm just terribly disappointed that nobody took me up on the offer to stridently insult me and describe in painful detail what it is about me they don't like. I'm utterly dejected and will now retire to my quarters. Don't think I've forgotten this egregious failure to violate community norms and personally attack me for the self-delusional agitator that I am. I'm talking to all of you.
posted by The God Complex at 1:44 AM on April 1, 2004

I take that back: someone stridently attacked me, leaving me a quivering mass of flesh teeming with uniquely human despair. I love all you guys.
posted by The God Complex at 1:48 AM on April 1, 2004

You know what? I just may keep the wiki around for memebers to play with, after April 1st. It might work as a sort of community-editable user page.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:48 AM on April 1, 2004

I think it'd be great for MetaTalk.
posted by timeistight at 1:54 AM on April 1, 2004

you bugger matt !

happy april fools !
posted by sgt.serenity at 2:10 AM on April 1, 2004

Borked for me too, but that's part of the fun, by gum.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:11 AM on April 1, 2004

Call me a miserable old sod, but can we just have metafilter back ferchrissakes.
posted by johnnyboy at 2:27 AM on April 1, 2004

Nerdiest April Fools Ever! :-p
posted by bifter at 2:34 AM on April 1, 2004

[this is funny]

And I'm going to sleep now, too.
posted by Salmonberry at 2:39 AM on April 1, 2004

I love Wikis. I hate idiots who delete rather than add or edit useful or funny content, though. Still, it's all in fun, so it's all good.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:26 AM on April 1, 2004

Is this Matt's idea of what MeFi would be like if he just didn't care? Because, if it is, it's working.

*shiver/giggle/shiver/giggle all the way to the Valium cabinet*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:46 AM on April 1, 2004

Duuuuuude, metaxa, that's a *good* one! haha!
posted by scarabic at 3:49 AM on April 1, 2004

File not found: /user.mefi

April fools.
posted by Keyser Soze at 3:55 AM on April 1, 2004

bastard.
posted by Keyser Soze at 3:55 AM on April 1, 2004

Sort of a safety valve for many, isn't it? Sort of a ScataFilter?
posted by klaatu at 4:13 AM on April 1, 2004

it makes a humorous change from everything working so smoothly : )
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:13 AM on April 1, 2004

So for some odd reason, I stuck an image on the Wiki front page which is hosted on a web site I have control over. It's getting hit about once a second. So there are a lot of people out there messing around with this. Though as I say that, the accesses stop and the front page has changed again, this time sans my image.
posted by humuhumu at 4:52 AM on April 1, 2004

meeeeeeeeeaow!
posted by nthdegx at 4:53 AM on April 1, 2004

Wow; anarachy. Anarchy always makes me a wee bit embarrassed, strangely. Anyway, I like it. Or I don't. I'm not sure. *Blushes*
posted by taz at 5:10 AM on April 1, 2004

...and I forgot to say - *kiss-kiss* to metaxa for posting a bug report about the damn April Fool's joke; I like it. This time I'm sure.
posted by taz at 5:18 AM on April 1, 2004

FANTASTIC April fool's, Matt. You rule!
posted by ashbury at 5:32 AM on April 1, 2004

Wow. This is like that time my mom went on strike and we all had to make our own sandwiches...
posted by JoanArkham at 5:42 AM on April 1, 2004

I just turned off images in the wiki
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:32 AM on April 1, 2004

Well, at least you're awake. That in itself is a weak ray of hope, I suppose. ;)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:47 AM on April 1, 2004

For some reason the metawiki feels like the first few minutes of an elementary school recess or the last few hours of the last day of high school. Thanks Matt!
posted by shoepal at 7:17 AM on April 1, 2004

*embraces the chaos*
posted by languagehat at 7:24 AM on April 1, 2004

*embraces the chaos*
*does not embrace the JRun*
posted by languagehat at 7:29 AM on April 1, 2004

Heh. It's funny reading the shrill comments about the closed membership.
posted by GrahamVM at 8:04 AM on April 1, 2004

Parameter 2 of function Left which is now 0 must be a positive integer

Please try the following:

Enable Robust Exception Information to provide greater detail about the source of errors. In the Administrator, click Debugging & Logging > Debugging Settings, and select the Robust Exception Information option.

Check the ColdFusion documentation to verify that you are using the correct syntax.


Search the Knowledge Base to find a solution to your problem.

Date/Time  
01-Apr-04 09:23 AM
posted by squirrel at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2004

re: the new wiki overlords

Gentlemen,
It must be patent to the merest dunce
Three persons can't soliloquize at once!

(Hamlet, from R&GaD)
posted by milovoo at 10:11 AM on April 1, 2004

Dammit I broke it.
I edited the wiki and, press enter and *pow*, Old Mefi page shows up.
posted by Peter H at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2004

That guy JRun should get his own fucking blog.

Comment originally attempted four hours ago, but MeTa crashed rather than post it. So just imagine how funny the comment would've been back then, rather than now, when it's tired and irrelevant.
posted by soyjoy at 2:08 PM on April 1, 2004

God Complex

Are you there?

It's me, Margaret.
posted by Slagman at 2:56 PM on April 1, 2004

Sucked.
posted by hama7 at 11:54 AM on April 2, 2004