විකිපීඩියා:Village pump (technical)/FAQ
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| If something looks wrong, purge the server's cache, then bypass your browser's cache. |
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| This tends to solve most issues, including improper display of images, user-preferences not loading, and old versions of pages being shown. |
| No, we will not use Javascript to set focus on the search box. |
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This would interfere with usability, accessibility, keyboard navigation and standard forms. See b1864. There is an accesskey |
| No, we will not add a spell-checker, or spell-checking bot. |
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| For spell-checking what is in the edit box, you can use a web browser like Firefox, which includes such spell checking. |
| If you have problems making your fancy signature work, check Wikipedia:How to fix your signature. |
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| Alternatively, you can press Tab until the "Save" button is highlighted, and press Enter. Using Mozilla Firefox also seems to solve the problem. |
| If an image thumbnail is not showing, try purging its image description page. |
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| If the image is from Wikimedia Commons, you might have to purge there too. If it doesn't work, try again before doing anything else. Some ad blockers, proxies, or firewalls block URLs containing /ad/ or ending in common executable suffixes. This can cause some images or articles to not appear. Also, it's surprisingly common for people to accidentally block the image server (upload.wikimedia.org) on Firefox. |
| If the section edit links are being pushed down by floated images, check Wikipedia:How to fix bunched-up edit links. |
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| Problems loading the edit page: |
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If you are asked to download a file (index.php) when trying to edit, or your browser launches an image editor when trying to edit, disable "Use external editor" on your MediaWiki user preferences. On the most recent version of MediaWiki (as of 1-January-2010), this is found under the "Editing" tab.
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| Some ISPs use transparent proxies which cause problems logging in. |
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| If you find that you are automatically logged out just after you have logged in, and removing all your Wikipedia cookies does not fix the issue, try using the secure server (much slower) to bypass the proxy. This happens most often with some satellite ISPs (particularly HughesNet/DirecWay/DirecPC). |
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