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Hi, just wondering why the random page button has stopped working, I like to view a page every time skyrim goes to the loading screen on PS3. I'm on an iPad, so that could be why, but it was working a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks in advance, David

*edit, by not working, I mean it links the same page every time. (Perth, a miner in skyrim)

I presume you are not logged in. It doesn't work properly if you're logged out.

mxk101 wrote:I presume you are not logged in. It doesn't work properly if you're logged out.

Ah thanks that's sorted it, I didn't relise you had to be logged in for it to work, thanks

I was just about to comment on this. It's not working for me either.

azuarc wrote:I was just about to comment on this. It's not working for me either.

Make sure you're logged in when you try to use it.

So the random page button only works if you are logged in to the wiki? Curious...couldn't that be a neat feature for guests?

Its to stop lots and lots of people being able to flick through lots of wiki pages quickly, its essentially been done to reduce server load. Since when the revisit the first page they got, they just load it out of their browser cache. And an anon's browser cache lasts a lot longer than a logged-in users browser cache.

Ah that makes sense, thanks for clearing it up

Avron the S'wit wrote:So the random page button only works if you are logged in to the wiki? Curious...couldn't that be a neat feature for guests?

There is way to get it working without logging in. You just have to disable your web history I think. I can't really remember what you're supposed to do. But it is possible.

Kiz wrote:Its to stop lots and lots of people being able to flick through lots of wiki pages quickly, its essentially been done to reduce server load. Since when the revisit the first page they got, they just load Ni! out of there browser cache. And an anon's browser cache lasts a lot longer than a logged-in users browser cache.

I had thought it was a caching issue, rather than a feature.

legoless wrote:I had thought it was a caching issue, rather than a feature.

I'm sure its been noted and pointed out to Daveh and Nephele many times over the past year or so, they seemed to already no that it happened so it might be a feature.