Forum:Due to a system error, your search could not be completed

For the past week or more, whenever I tried to do a wiki search (Special:Search), I often get "Due to a system error, your search could not be completed" message and the search doesn't go through. Is this a known issue or do I need to use Special:Contact? It's happening all over Wikia. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 2:45 PM PST 24 May 2010


 * I've had this problem too... Theboy1001 Talk 21:55, May 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Someone also mentioned it at Forum:Wikia Search Errors, so I decided to just report the problem via Special:Contact. It has been happening for at least a week. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 4:30 PM PST 24 May 2010

There was a few times at school and at home when I had this same problem. It usually works the second or thrid time I make a search, though. Phoenix the Cat The flames reborn....  23:31, May 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nothing new, i think i remember of many times i had this since i'm on Wikia. But maybe it was not always caused by the same thing. — TulipVorlax 01:58, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

This is new to me. Wikia has been pretty good for me doing searches until recently.

Here is the reply I got from my Special:Contact report which has a good explanation as any: This "System Error" message arises every now and again. Often it is during periods of high server stress; today, we are working on some of our machines in Iowa so I suspect that is the cause. Thanks for reporting this and I will monitor search flow to see how wide of an issue this is.

-- Best Regards and Happy Editing, Tim "daNASCAT" Quievryn Wikia Community Team -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 9:37 PM PST 24 May 2010