December 4, 2019: updates on apps, file pages, forums

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Kirkburn·12/4/2019

Andrewds1021 wrote: Since I have never seen it, where would one come across this "intended blockee" field?

It's on the notice you'd see when globally blocked. (For example, see the screenshot on this support page)

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DEmersonJMFM·12/4/2019

I've been having an issue with page loading for at least a week or two (pages are randomly not loaded). Is this something y'all are aware of?

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Kirkburn·12/4/2019

I am not aware of any widespread issues around that. Please do consider a Special:Contact ticket if this continues!

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Cocopuff2018·12/4/2019

IS it not loading up when your trying to edit ?

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Noreplyz·12/4/2019

DEmersonJMFM wrote: I've been having an issue with page loading for at least a week or two (pages are randomly not loaded). Is this something y'all are aware of?

net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET is usually an issue with your side of things, not Fandom's side. Try opening the page on another browser, or check online for other solutions.

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Andrewds1021·12/4/2019

Noreplyz wrote:

DEmersonJMFM wrote: I've been having an issue with page loading for at least a week or two (pages are randomly not loaded). Is this something y'all are aware of?

net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET is usually an issue with your side of things, not Fandom's side. Try opening the page on another browser, or check online for other solutions.

This is true. It happened to me a few months ago. In my case, it was something with the computer as the issue occurred across browsers. However, it did not occur on other devices even if they were on the same network as the affected device. I never figured out what the issue was but it went away on its own eventually.

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GarfieldTC·12/6/2019

Ah, nice to see a bug I reported fixed.

Will wiki-style forums still be usable after regular forums are retired?

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Andrewds1021·12/7/2019

As has been stated in previous conversations, wiki-style forums are not going to be removed.

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Fandyllic·12/7/2019

...but they still mostly suck.

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Fandyllic·12/7/2019

Kirkburn wrote:
Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for December 4, 2019:

NOTABLE: We will permanently redirect anonymous users from file pages (those ending in /wiki/File:) to the first article page where a file was used, to improve Fandom's valuation by search engines like Google. Those users can still find important file information such as its description, licensing and source in the image lightbox. This change does not affect logged-in users. For more context on this change, please see this forum thread.

As I mentioned in the related forum thread, this behavior likely violates the licenses of many images on FANDOM... at least the ones that aren't using the Fair Use justification (which is admittedly probably 95%+).

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