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Regina Buenaobra · Oct 02, 2008, 07:34 PM // 19:34

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.

MagmaRed · Oct 02, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Maintenance I would understand. Emergency Maintenance makes me leary of using the site. Please explain what made it an emergency.

Abedeus · Oct 02, 2008, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Wait, people actually USE official wiki? I thought it was just the only place to talk to devs.

Dr.Jones · Oct 02, 2008, 07:59 PM // 19:59

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

Wait, people actually USE official wiki? I thought it was just the only place to talk to devs.

its actually slowly getting better then the other wiki.

Regina Buenaobra · Oct 02, 2008, 07:59 PM // 19:59

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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.

They are in the process of implementing a security and bug fix from MediaWiki.

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 · Oct 02, 2008, 08:02 PM // 20:02

Thank you for letting us know Regina.

MagmaRed · Oct 02, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

They are in the process of implementing a security and bug fix from MediaWiki.

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.

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.

*Darcy* · Oct 02, 2008, 08:07 PM // 20:07

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.

Regina Buenaobra · Oct 02, 2008, 08:09 PM // 20:09

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

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.

All wikis based on MediaWiki will have to apply the patch to stay up-to-date on security fixes, so it's not just the Official Guild Wars Wiki that this patch would apply to.

MisterB · Oct 02, 2008, 08:15 PM // 20:15

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Originally Posted by 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.

There are a few minor technical details of game mechanics, salvage information, or item location, etc missing, but these are truly minor.

Thank you for the notice, Regina. Please convey my thanks to the website team for addressing the security fix.

DarkNecrid · Oct 02, 2008, 08:16 PM // 20:16

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

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.

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.

Lord Sojar · Oct 02, 2008, 08:23 PM // 20:23

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Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

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.

Or sealing off each of your processor pipelines.

Master Ketsu · Oct 02, 2008, 08:25 PM // 20:25

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Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

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.

QFT. Security flaws are everywhere. Knowing how they come to you is the best defense against them. Expecting others to do the security work for you just doesn't work.

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 · Oct 02, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

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 · Oct 02, 2008, 09:41 PM // 21:41

I don't suppose this has anything to do with the massive lag that just nailed the servers?

SilentWhistle · Oct 02, 2008, 09:48 PM // 21:48

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Originally Posted by Striken7

I don't suppose this has anything to do with the massive lag that just nailed the servers?

Ah, so I wasn't the only person having these BS lag spikes then.

Fates · Oct 02, 2008, 10:00 PM // 22:00

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 · Oct 02, 2008, 10:10 PM // 22:10

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.

Channel_V93 · Oct 02, 2008, 10:24 PM // 22:24

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

The wiki is back up.

The next scheduled game update is next week.

What happened to the first Thursday of each month?

Regina Buenaobra · Oct 02, 2008, 10:31 PM // 22:31

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Originally Posted by Channel_V93

What happened to the first Thursday of each month?

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.