Forum:Database Creation Error

I'm creating a new wiki, but every attempt yields a page that says "Process is loading, please wait" as I imagine it should. Unfortunately, it's always followed by "Creating database... error" with no further elaboration (e.g. an error log or ID code).

Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/GUMkA.png

Thoughts? Red Omen 06:30, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you tried the process multiple times? Did the wiki create, or just error out? I'd suggest trying once more, and then you should giving the name of the wiki you want to create, if the process keeps giving errors. -- Random Time  07:00, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have tried about a dozen times on multiple browsers and from two IP addresses. The wiki was never created; the error in the screenshot occurs during and interrupts the creation process. I sent a message to Wikia staff Wednesday morning, but I thought I'd try multiple avenues in case someone on the forums had any insight. Red Omen 08:06, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikia as usual seems to be experimenting on fundamental parts of its system and mucking up its data center and databases, possibly as part of their MediaWiki 1.16.1 upgrade.
 * I would just keep trying to create a new wiki. Since Wikia chose not to inform its userbase about when and how it plans to experiment and make changes, one can only guess when they will get to you in their contact queue or just fix the problem. If Wikia doesn't want to save money by informing its users better, it can waste money supporting the many, many problem reports that will queue up in the mean time. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 5:59 PM PST 20 Jan 2011
 * I got a reply, but the staff member wasn't aware of any issues and suggested I was trying to set it up during a temporary hiccup. I've been trying periodically over the past three days or so, and an attempt just a few minutes ago yielded nothing. I asked if it was possible for them to set it up on their end and circumvent this stuff, and I'm waiting for them to get back to the second message. Red Omen 11:47, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikia has been having a chronic rash of "hiccups". I think you were getting the brush off. Sorry.
 * Since you say you "have tried about a dozen times on multiple browsers and from two IP addresses", I'm guessing those "hiccups" must have just magically followed you.
 * I'm tagging this post staff needed so we can all possibly get a clearer, more public answer. The service quality of Wikia websites (WoWWiki reports a database lock multiple times a day for that last week or so) has been pretty horrendous.
 * See also Forum:Wiki_ridiculously_slow? -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 4:49 PM PST 21 Jan 2011
 * They tried making a wiki with the name and subdomain I provided, and they couldn't get it to work either. It's been passed on to a tech guy. Who knows. Red Omen 03:39, January 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sometimes there's a hiccup in the wiki creation process. The URL is inaccessible but the system thinks the database is still there. One of our techies needs to go in an clear that database out. I see a ticket to do that in your case. --daNASCAT (talk) 17:23, January 24, 2011 (UTC)

It's been a few weeks, and I'm still unable to make a wiki. Is there any word on this? I was never given a support ticket number. Red Omen 01:35, February 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Tagged Staff needed. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 5 Feb 2011 2:38 PM Pacific

UNtagging. This was indeed a problem, but was resolved, and the creation system was rewritten twice since this report. --Uberfuzzy 08:16, June 15, 2011 (UTC)