title: Mediawiki Database Error 1205
body: <p>I just installed a fresh copy of mediawiki on <a href="http://konton.us/wiki" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://konton.us/wiki</a></p>
  
  <p>I was all happy playing around with my wiki, filling up the place with information and suddently, when I created an article by the name of Gameplay_Mechanics, it all went dead.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://konton.us/wiki/Gameplay_Mechanics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://konton.us/wiki/Gameplay_Mechanics</a></p>
  
  <p>I got this error:</p>
  
  <p>A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:
  (SQL query hidden)
  from within function "". Database returned error "1205: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction (internal-db.s76387.gridserver.com)".</p>
  
  <p>I was able to fix it by 'emptying' the article and then saving it - only to repopulate it again but...it happened less than 1 day later...again, so I'm kind of wondering what is the ACTUAL ROOT CAUSE of this ridiculous error.</p>
  
  <p>All help is appreciated</p>