[wp-docs] Page Move Abandons the Discussion Page

[Carthik Sharma]

On 5/23/05, Owen Winkler <ringmaster at midnightcircus.com> wrote:
> lorelle at cameraontheroad.com wrote:
> > It's worked before, she whines loudly to the unseen audience.
> >
> > When I move a page within the Codex, and firmly and obsessively make
> > sure the "MOVE TALK PAGE" is CHECKED, it doesn't move the talk page.
> > Started this weekend.
> 
> Is it me or does Mediawiki just suck?  It seems like it's always falling
> apart like this.
> 
> I ask out of personal interest because my wife's company is thinking
> about using a wiki for their in-house tech notes, and she mentioned some
> discussion of Mediawiki.  I think they brought it up because it's
> well-known ("As used by Wikipedia!"), but I told her of the many
> problems Codex has had with it.
> 
> I don't know what I'm hoping for by posting this, but damn, aren't we
> tired of the wiki breaking all the time?  If this is going to be the
> main WordPress documentation, it can't be this flaky.
> 
Owen,

1. Use a different directory (other than the root) for the home of the
pages. Wikipedia uses a /wiki/pagename structure.
2. Use the last stable version. Do not upgrade to betas/non-stable
versions and you should be fine.