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{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-article-header-v2|{{{1|Developers work on servers, speed picks up again}}}|By [[User:Michael Snow|Michael Snow]]}}
Following several weeks of poor performance, the Wikipedia website gradually returned to reasonably normal performance last week. After various efforts to diagnose problems and test solutions, MediaWiki developers managed to implement several changes that significantly improved the situation.
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===Some solutions implemented===
On Wednesday, developer [[User:Jamesday|Jamesday]] reported that an increase in the capacity of Wikimedia's [[memcached]] system, along with some other improvements to it, was helping to improve page load times for logged-in users. In addition, he said this would reduce problems with servers
As the situation began to improve, [[User:Tim Starling|Tim Starling]] took the time Thursday to publicly thank the other developers on the wikitech mailing list for their work. In recognition of the amount of work put in, Starling said, "I've lost count of how many problems we've identified and fixed just over the last few weeks." He commented that in spite of the complaints, most users are appreciative of the work being done, but, "They don't know what our achievements have been and they don't know the challenges we face."
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Since Wikipedia traffic continues to grow, and any signs of this growth leveling off have generally been due to performance limitations, the potential for future problems remains unless the server system can continue to accommodate the growth. Comments from developers and [[Wikimedia Foundation]] officials continued to emphasize that more servers will be needed. Since the Foundation still relies heavily on donations, the upcoming February fundraiser is an important element in keeping up with the demand for Wikipedia content.
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