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Purge
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Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikipedia user interface.
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or
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subpages, or in your own
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Lua
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{{
Purge
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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 Depending on the exact sequence of actions editors follow, one may view an out-of-date version of a given page.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
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Yields
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Result
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{{
Purge
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Purge
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Creates a purge link for the page it is used on.
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{{
Purge
|Purge this page's server cache.}}
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Purge this page's server cache.
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Creates a purge link for the page it is used on, but with the text "Purge this page's server cache."
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{{
Purge
|page=Main Page}}
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Purge
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Creates a purge link for
Main Page
.
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{{
Purge
|Purge this page's server cache.|page=Main Page}}
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Purge this page's server cache.
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Creates a purge link for
Main Page
, but with the text "Purge this page's server cache."
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{{
Purge
|anchor=TemplateData}}
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Purge
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Creates a purge link for the page it is used on, which points to the "TemplateData" section.
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When you are linking to a section, purging that page will cause you to lose the section link.
TemplateData
Template parameters
[
Edit template data
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Parameter
| Description
| Type
| Status
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Label
| 1
| The label of the purge link
- Default
- Purge
| String
| optional
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Page
| page
| The page to purge
| Page name
| optional
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Anchor
| anchor
| An anchor to jump to after the page is purged
| Line
| optional
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Purge Pages
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General purge templates
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About Purge on Wikipedia
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