The Official Guild Wars Wiki is offline for emergency maintenance. We had expected this maintenance to last only about 5 minutes, however there are some technical issues, and it is taking longer than expected to bring the site back up. The team is working to try and get this resolved as quickly as possible.
I'll update this thread with more information as it becomes available.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Official Wiki Down for Emergency Maintenance
Regina Buenaobra
MagmaRed
Maintenance I would understand. Emergency Maintenance makes me leary of using the site. Please explain what made it an emergency.
Abedeus
Wait, people actually USE official wiki? I thought it was just the only place to talk to devs.
Dr.Jones
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Wait, people actually USE official wiki? I thought it was just the only place to talk to devs.
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Regina Buenaobra
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Originally Posted by MagmaRed
Maintenance I would understand. Emergency Maintenance makes me leary of using the site. Please explain what made it an emergency.
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The team decided to implement this hotfix as soon as possible so that users would be protected from this vulnerability. This was the reason for the expediency, and why it was deemed urgent.
Lycan Nibbler
Thank you for letting us know Regina.
MagmaRed
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They are in the process of implementing a security and bug fix from MediaWiki.
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Darcy
Currently, the only advantage the Original Wiki has over the Official Wiki is the "how to beat this" info. The Official Wiki lacks quite a bit of that; probably because it wasn't seen as a priority at first and now no one on the wiki team cares.
Yes, thank you, Regina, for the info. I was concerned when I couldn't access the site.
Yes, thank you, Regina, for the info. I was concerned when I couldn't access the site.
Regina Buenaobra
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Thank you for answering. I am now glad I had not been using it the last few days/week. I hope the people who were using it are informed about potential problems they may see as a result of this issue. It sounds quite possible that peopple had info acquired they would not want acquired.
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MisterB
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Currently, the only advantage the Original Wiki has over the Official Wiki is the "how to beat this" info. The Official Wiki lacks quite a bit of that; probably because it wasn't seen as a priority at first and now no one on the wiki team cares.
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Thank you for the notice, Regina. Please convey my thanks to the website team for addressing the security fix.
DarkNecrid
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Thank you for answering. I am now glad I had not been using it the last few days/week. I hope the people who were using it are informed about potential problems they may see as a result of this issue. It sounds quite possible that peopple had info acquired they would not want acquired.
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You're always open to having info you don't want acquired acquired. Being smart and an intelligent user of your PC and internet prevents this.
Thanks for the update Regina.
Lord Sojar
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You must as well stop using the internet then because pretty much everything is not secure, and I'm sure MediaWiki still has 10,000+ other bugs or vulnerabilities just waiting to be exploited, just like these forums, hotmail, yahoo, and everything else on the Internet do!
You're always open to having info you don't want acquired acquired. Being smart and an intelligent user of your PC and internet prevents this. Thanks for the update Regina. |
Master Ketsu
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You must as well stop using the internet then because pretty much everything is not secure, and I'm sure MediaWiki still has 10,000+ other bugs or vulnerabilities just waiting to be exploited, just like these forums, hotmail, yahoo, and everything else on the Internet do!
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That being said, I really only use the official wiki for update information and skill feedback. Hopefully we see a new update on skill balance either today or next thursday.
Dr.Jones
thanks Regina for the info is there any word on today's update,tonic and the rp that are to be given out or should we expect to see those next Thursday?
Striken7
I don't suppose this has anything to do with the massive lag that just nailed the servers?
SilentWhistle
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I don't suppose this has anything to do with the massive lag that just nailed the servers?
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Fates
Hey Regina, while you're in the mood for answering questions, how about you wander over to that "titles" thread that is getting lots of attention.
Regina Buenaobra
The wiki is back up.
We're sorry for the delay and the inconvenience.
The wiki isn't located on the game servers. There are no reported problems on our side with the game servers, nor are there network problems on our end.
The next scheduled game update is next week.
We're sorry for the delay and the inconvenience.
The wiki isn't located on the game servers. There are no reported problems on our side with the game servers, nor are there network problems on our end.
The next scheduled game update is next week.
Channel_V93
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The wiki is back up.
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Regina Buenaobra
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What happened to the first Thursday of each month?
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Channel_V93
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It typically falls on the first Thursday, but sometimes it is scheduled on a different day, depending on what projects the team is working on. For example, last month the game update took place in the second week of the month. This was because the live team decided to have the MOX and Fire Imp update as a separate build from the skill balance update.
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A11Eur0
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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra
The wiki is back up.
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snaek
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Originally Posted by Dr.Jones
its actually slowly getting better then the other wiki.
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in terms of presentation, layout, formatting, and general ease of use
yesh, teh original wiki sometimes has more content
but generally this extra content is extra advice//findings/speculations/opinions/etc
and i find not terribly necessary for most ppl to read
i use it more like an encylopedia
and i can find and read things much faster/easier on official wiki
and being able to interact wit devs is always a plus
DarkNecrid
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No it's not.
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ALF71BE
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Originally Posted by snaek
its far surpassed it imo...and for a long while too
in terms of presentation, layout, formatting, and general ease of use yesh, teh original wiki sometimes has more content but generally this extra content is extra advice//findings/speculations/opinions/etc and i find not terribly necessary for most ppl to read i use it more like an encylopedia and i can find and read things much faster/easier on official wiki and being able to interact wit devs is always a plus |
The extra information and tips on how to beat this or that is always a plus, while the talk pages have valuable information. I almsot never see this in the official one.
So imo unofficial is still better, despite the drama and the abandon. I only enter official to read Developer's updates and when someone links to it.
Konig Des Todes
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Ah, so I wasn't the only person having these BS lag spikes then.
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its far surpassed it imo...and for a long while too
in terms of presentation, layout, formatting, and general ease of use yesh, teh original wiki sometimes has more content but generally this extra content is extra advice//findings/speculations/opinions/etc and i find not terribly necessary for most ppl to read i use it more like an encylopedia and i can find and read things much faster/easier on official wiki and being able to interact wit devs is always a plus |
The Official Wiki>the Original Wiki in format, info, and just plain everything.
Glad GW2 has an official wiki from the get-go, although I don't like the "how to's" of the wikis, the fast access to info is always good.
HawkofStorms
I disagree. Original Wiki is still better. The ONLY thing the official wiki did better was getting GW:EN info up when it first came up.
But, whatever, apples to oranges, everybody has preferances.
But, whatever, apples to oranges, everybody has preferances.
Jiao Yang
I think the main advantage of the official wiki is the link to the ingame 'Help' function (F10). Even though personally I've never used it..
JupiterStarWarrior
It's a good thing I caught this thread or I probably wouldn't have gotten the wiki update for my personal wiki. Thank you for the info.
Regina Buenaobra
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No it's not.
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Dr.Jones
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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra
When hundreds of people hit the wiki all at the same time, sending multiple thousands of requests per second to our servers, it does tend to slow down a bit. The wiki was back up when I posted yesterday.
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Quaker
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I am now glad I had not been using it the last few days/week. I hope the people who were using it are informed about potential problems they may see as a result of this issue. It sounds quite possible that peopple had info acquired they would not want acquired.
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