Good afternoon. This morning I encountered three spam pages created by newly registered users on All The Tropes. As we normally do, I went to ban the users and delete the pages. But unusually, the pages did not delete -- instead of receiving a confirmation that the page was now gone, I found myself returned to the "delete page" page. Similarly, attempting to ban the users simply returned me to the "ban user" page.

I jumped over to my sandbox, and created then deleted a page just to check if I was seeing some kind of global failure. The page I created deleted promptly and with no issues.

I returned to the spam pages and attempted to delete them again with the same results as before.

Eventually I discovered if I relaunched a delete as soon as a previous delete failed, it went through. Similarly, if I reattempted to ban a spammer the moment I was returned to the "ban user" page, it, too, succeeded. However, this is worrying behavior, and I wanted to bring it to the attention of the staff in case it is indicative of some greater issue.

The affected pages (now deleted) were:

• https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=Benefits_of_Getting_Affordable_Dental_Implants
• https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=Best_Economical_Treatment_For_Broken_Tooth
• https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=How_To_Discover_A_Quality_Dental_Offices_In_Your_Area%3F

The accounts involved were

• https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=User:Harrydiaz
• https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=User:Laticiagibson
• https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jamesreibers

Thank you.