Talk:Hampshire

Error message

I keep getting the following message when trying to edit this article:

   A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.
   
   Query:
   SELECT ws_wiki FROM `wikishire_wiki_settings` WHERE ws_setting = 'wgDBname' AND ws_value = 'wikishir_wikidb' LIMIT 1
   Function: Phalanx::getWikiId
   Error: 1146 Table 'wikishir_wikidb.wikishire_wiki_settings' doesn't exist (localhost)

552.08 (talk) 06:48, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

It might depend on what you are adding. I did a minor edit this morning without triggering the error message. Phalanx is a spam blocking system; usually such a message is triggered by trying to add text it picks up as dodgy. (I once wrote an innocent sentence in an Essex article where the Phalanx system picked up the last three letters of "Essex" and the first three of "campus" and threw the edit out. Care is needed for that sort of random juxtaposition.) RB (talk) 07:35, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Ah, it seems to be working now. I don't think it was anything to do with content; I got the same message even when just adding a comma. 552.08 (talk) 07:56, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

For some reason it doesn't like it if I try to add anything to the beginning of an article, although it doesn't mind edits in the middle (not this particular article, but in general). For example, there are a number of county articles that don't mention anywhere what counties the county in question borders, but Phalanx is determined not to allow me to add them. All I'm trying to add are things like 'bordered by Flintshire and Cheshire to the north... bla bla', which I fail to see how even the most zealous spam filter could object to! 552.08 (talk) 16:14, 8 August 2015 (UTC)