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[edit] What happens

The TOC on the recent changes page on en

[edit] When it happens

Either incorrect or inappropriate TOCs occasionally show up randomly when viewing pages. I suspected a cache issue, but I don't think the recent changes page (see image) is cached, so it's likely there is other mischief afoot.

I'm getting this too. So far supposed on the Recent Changes page and also when editing articles. I never saw it before today, but now it's happening all the time (but not always). Jpatokal 13:34, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
Me too – cacahuate talk 01:29, 12 June 2007 (EDT)

I hadn't seen this problem in a while, then all of a sudden starting at about 11:15 PM (PST) tonight I'm seeing it on probably 50% of the non-article pages I'm visiting. -- Ryan 02:32, 21 June 2007 (EDT)

This has been happening within the last 24 hours on ru:Служебная:Recentchanges. Random template ToCs just appear on the page, and only go away after a refresh or a few. This may be happening on pages other than the recentchanges as well (I don't really remember). --Peter, who has been automatically logged out once again as of 06:28, 2 August 2007 (EDT)
This problem has become almost standard on the Russian language version. I see random TOCs pop up something like 20% of page views now, granted I'm looking mostly at pages that shouldn't have TOCs, like templates, special pages, and mediawiki messages. --Peter Talk 21:58, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
I'm seeing this a lot in the last couple of days... even on the main page! – cacahuate talk 18:34, 2 November 2007 (EDT)
Me too, TOC of travel guide appeared in a new User talk page on ja:. -- Tatata 06:30, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
en:Bali is now just showing the "contents" caption and an empty one-line rectangle. I've cleared the cache (twice) but it's not made any difference. ~ 203.144.143.4 13:23, 17 January 2008 (EST)
I fixed the Bali problem, which was oddly enough due to an improperly formatted listings tag. The problem of the random TOCs appearing where they don't belong remains, however, and remains quite irritating and unprofessional. --Peter Talk 16:02, 17 January 2008 (EST)

I don't think I've seen this happen for a while on :en, but it happens often on :ru, and makes our site look crummy. --Peter Talk 01:38, 21 March 2008 (EDT)

Occasionally, this happens on sv: too. Riggwelter 12:57, 30 March 2008 (EDT)
Saw it today on :en – cacahuate talk 03:21, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

[edit] What should happen

It should not be there!

[edit] How to fix it