| Revision as of 17:06, 3 February 2006 view sourceDbenbenn (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users19,225 edits change to {{FULLPAGENAME}}. I think this has to use {{PAGENAME}}, not {{PAGENAMEE}}. Consider a page title with ' in it← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 12:38, 25 March 2017 view source Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators96,247 editsm Changed protection level for "Template:Purge": Allowing template editors on some templates with full protection dating back to pre-TPROT times which aren't too often or too sensitively used. ( (inde... | ||
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 | This template is used in system messages, and on approximately 448,000 pages, or roughly 1% of all pages. Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Misplaced Pages user interface. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
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{{Purge}} produces a link that will purge the page's cache and rebuild it from the wikitext.
Purpose
For efficiency in service, MediaWiki caches pages. Depending on the exact sequence of actions editors follow, one may view an out-of-date version of a given page. This happens most often on heavily-edited pages and on pages which contain an instance of transclusion.
{{Purge}} adds to any page a link that, when clicked, not only reloads the page, but clears the server cache, forcing the page to be completely rendered "from scratch". This is not a one-time solution; generally, editing a page is itself sufficient to purge cache. Rather, it is a measure taken in anticipation of the frequent need to purge.
Examples
| Code | Yields | Result |
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{{Purge}}
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Purge | Creates a purge link for the page it is used on. |
{{Purge|Purge this page's server cache.}}
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Purge this page's server cache. | Creates a purge link for the page it is used on, but with the text "Purge this page's server cache." |
{{Purge|page=Main Page}}
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Purge | Creates a purge link for Main Page. |
{{Purge|Purge this page's server cache.|page=Main Page}}
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Purge this page's server cache. | Creates a purge link for Main Page, but with the text "Purge this page's server cache." |
{{Purge|anchor=TemplateData}}
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Purge | Creates a purge link for the page it is used on, which points to the "TemplateData" section. |
When you are linking to a section, purging that page will cause you to lose the section link.
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Purge in articles based on its TemplateData.TemplateData for Purge
A template that produces a link that will clear the cache and rebuild page from the wikitext
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Label | 1 | The label of the purge link
| String | optional |
| Page | page | The page to purge | Page name | optional |
| Anchor | anchor | An anchor to jump to after the page is purged | Line | optional |
| Purge Pages | |
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| General purge templates |
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| About Purge on Misplaced Pages | |
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
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