Template:Purge

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{{Purge}} produces a link that will clear the cache and rebuild page from the wikitext.

Purpose

For efficiency in service, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination MediaWiki Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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 Depending on the exact sequence of actions editors follow, one may view an out-of-date version of a given page.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 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination transcluded templates.

{{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.

Caveats

Note that this code has been adapted from MediaWiki and/or other wikis; therefore, some of the parameters below might not be 100% operational.

Examples

Code	Yields	Result
{{Purge}}		Creates a purge link for the page it is used on. The generated link will be displayed in the language of the current page (determined by {{Langcode}}).
{{Purge|page= Main Page }}		Creates a purge link for Main Page. The generated link will be displayed in the language of the current page (determined by {{Langcode}}).
{{Purge|lang= de }}		Creates a purge link for the page it is used on, which is actually in German.
{{Purge|page= DE:Main Page |lang= fr }}		Creates a purge link for , but display the link in French instead of the language of the current page.