Technology ConnectionsI just learned the little hover previews on Wikipedia are not taken from the article they reference in a very humorous way!
Lightning Bjornsson* 
@TechConnectify did you edit this?
@lightning I swear to you I did not.
Main article is "Hearing" if you want to try for yourself
sam@TechConnectify They are, it just looks like the preview is (too) aggressively cached https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_echolocation&diff=1180224400&oldid=1180207548
@TechConnectify Maybe @krinkle could take a look at why https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Human_echolocation is returning rev 1180207548 when the latest rev revering the vandalism was 2+ weeks ago
Aem 
@samedwards @TechConnectify yeah, it looks like it was vandalized. Doesn’t mean it’s not funny though 🤣
miawgogo 
@TechConnectify looks like some vandalism from the 15th was cached XD
@TechConnectify actually now im wondering if there is a bug with the API and reverting that means vandalism persits, but the PHP is annoying to read
Ralph Waldo Pickle Chips@TechConnectify it is coming from the article, but from an outdated version: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_echolocation&diff=1180224400&oldid=1180207548
I guess the hover excerpts are being cached really aggressively?
I guess the hover excerpts are being cached really aggressively?
Ryuno-Ki@shadowfacts @TechConnectify They used to be at least when introduced:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2018/05/09/page-previews-documentation/
Here’s everything we published from the design, development, and data process for the page previews feature
As an open and transparent organization, most of our documentation is placed online, able to be viewed and emulated by anyone. Here’s a list of the documentation for one of our recently relea…
Dreaming of dad jazz.@TechConnectify this is amazing.
Luna Lactea@TechConnectify Not true! I'm secretly a cat!
turnitoff_onagain@TechConnectify so long, and thanks for all the fish!
Nasado@TechConnectify Fascinated by the concept of a world where all humans are dolphins, and that is common knowledge, but everyone still feels the need to hide the fact that *they* are a dolphin
MolarFox 
@TechConnectify That preview was definitely written by a bat as a misdirect. There's no way a dolphin could type that.
june@TechConnectify I dunno, it looks legit.
Diligent Circle 丸@TechConnectify They are. The text you show here seems to come from a case of vandalism of the "human echolocation" article from October 15 (which was also reverted the same day about 2 and a half hours later). Maybe you were on that page before while it was vandalized and it got stored in your browser's cache.
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Etua@TechConnectify
Take a look at WikiVoyage, some of these pages can be quite humorous as well.
Take a look at WikiVoyage, some of these pages can be quite humorous as well.
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