Forum:Weird urchin.js error

I often experience mysterious "breakdowns" of Wikia sites when I am online. The content of the intended wiki/page does not appear, and the page's source shows (the varies, depending on the page): admintools.wikia.com/index.php?title=Admin_Tools_Wiki   try { _uacct = "UA-288915-41"; urchinTracker("/varnish/varnish-l8-LON/503/iowa_apache"); } catch(err) {}

The problem appears in both Firefox 5 and Internet Explorer 9. Sometimes, the page is loaded after a few reloads, but once, a complete reboot was necessary. I would like to request feedback on this matter. TK 999  11:01, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm also having that problem; it's a general issue for everyone.
 * Combined with the crap editor they have in this wiki it makes things too painful for me.
 * 12:31, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * 12:31, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * 12:31, July 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, NoScript does not affect it, even if google-analytics is blocked. TK  999  12:35, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Here's a link to the infamous .js file. TK  999  12:38, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Will test if a NoScript url block disables it. TK  999  12:48, July 18, 2011 (UTC)

'LON' servers don't seem to be working at all at the moment anyways.


 * Is there any particular time of the day that it occurs? I’m wondering if it matters which dataservers we are accessing when it occurs … — Spike Toronto  14:51, July 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's worth noting that both IE and FF5 have unstable JS implementations, albeit only because FF5 isn't finished yet (IE just sucks). The HTML you gave above is not a JS problem, but instead a server problem, namely a blank page load. Per Eladkse,  in Europe (and  ) acts up every so often and serves blank pages to you, which, for whatever reason, still have urchin.js. The JS file isn't the problem, if it was you'd have text on the page - it's the server. You can check which server you're accessing with this link.   is London,   is Frankfurt,   is Iowa, and I honestly don't know where   is, but it's on the east coast somewhere. Usually, when a server gives blanks, we all check our varnishes and see who can still access on the IRC channel, so lurking there may help you troubleshoot.


 * Oddly, after I issued a block for http://www.google-analytics.com with NoScript, it apparently ended, though it might be a coincidence. Yet, thanks for the advice! TK  999  15:02, July 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * By the way, I am using this London server, and the bug affected me in the early afternoon. TK  999  15:06, July 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's not so much a time of day thing, it's more of a server is unhappy thing. It happens completely randomly. Luckily, it usually doesn't last very long.

Monchoman, if this is not a browser issue, then why was it “worth noting” that IE sucks?! You’re gonna end up on Mr. Gates hit list, ya know … Anyway, is it possible that ASH is Ashville, North Carolina? — Spike Toronto  15:27, July 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Possibly, although I'm not really sure. It's not that important, really, so long as you know that  is the server you access on the east coast. As for IE, it's worth noting that IE sucks because it's one of the major obstacles in the growth of the internet. When writing code, you do one version for every browser, and then one version that IE won't explode on. Were IE to disappear from the face of the earth today, web developers would consume half the time doing the same things, thus freeing up time to make the internet better, as opposed to just making it work. It is, quite honestly, a waste of everyone's time. IE is kind of like that car mechanic who charges you for things he didn't do, just because you don't know anything about cars.
 * Is there any particular time of the day that it occurs?
 * Yes. When I'm trying to be productive.
 * 16:47, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nidek, that’s quite funny. Smiley.png Monchoman, I know you’re right. MS certainly doesn’t get kudos for being clever. It’s that after dealing with computers for sooooo many years, I no longer get a kick out of new software and all the hassles that go with it. And, since I won’t use Chrome, I really don’t know what else is mass-produced enough to be reliable. Gee … I can still remember when all there was was Netscape … … Smiley.png — Spike Toronto  20:10, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * 16:47, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nidek, that’s quite funny. Smiley.png Monchoman, I know you’re right. MS certainly doesn’t get kudos for being clever. It’s that after dealing with computers for sooooo many years, I no longer get a kick out of new software and all the hassles that go with it. And, since I won’t use Chrome, I really don’t know what else is mass-produced enough to be reliable. Gee … I can still remember when all there was was Netscape … … Smiley.png — Spike Toronto  20:10, July 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nidek, that’s quite funny. Smiley.png Monchoman, I know you’re right. MS certainly doesn’t get kudos for being clever. It’s that after dealing with computers for sooooo many years, I no longer get a kick out of new software and all the hassles that go with it. And, since I won’t use Chrome, I really don’t know what else is mass-produced enough to be reliable. Gee … I can still remember when all there was was Netscape … … Smiley.png — Spike Toronto  20:10, July 18, 2011 (UTC)