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memcached was failing to update cache

I am trying to get my sidebar to update with some basic edits but everything I try refuses to show. I've tried editing the main sidebar page, the subpage of my languge /en I've purged the cache(s), altered all the cache settings and nothing. I've searched and Google'd following others suggestions which all did not help. I am at a complete loss as to why this page refuses to update. Any ideas?

See Manual:Interface/Sidebar and feel free to describe how you perform the "basic edits" exactly.

Hi, Not OP here, but I have a wiki with this issue. I have followed all the documented steps on the Sidebar Manual from above and it is not working. I have purged the sidebar page, touched LocalSettings.php, truncated objectcache table, ran rebuildmessages.php, disabled all javascript, removed all extensions, tried multiple skins, disabled wgEnableSidebarCache, verified that wgUseDatabaseMessages is set to true. And it still will not update.

Wiki Link: http://wikimon.net/MediaWiki:Sidebar

Wiki Version: http://wikimon.net/Special:Version

Please someone have an answer for me. It's driving me batty.

You need to ensure you have your system messages in alignment with naming conventions on your personal wiki. For example if you have imported a large amount of templates or help files from mediawiki you may have inadvertently copied system message pages. Go to special pages and verify you don't have a value overriding your main site name. A quick indicator of if this the problem is if you click your site logo, does that target your site main page or mediawiki. If it's media wiki that's a good sign that's part of the problem.

Another possible issue is you may have a template that is setting the site page name to something else. Basically you have set a variation within your template inadvertently that is overriding or using parser or magic words to change the main page. 

One last possibility is you may have a CSS page/sidebar page on your site itself that is causing reference issues. Give that a go and that might give you your issue.

Good luck and if anything this gives you a scent to chase.

AsherGrey

I appreciate you chiming in with possible problems! The real culprit in my case was that memcached was failing on the server, and after A root server admin restarted it, the Sidebar updated correctly.