Any action that makes a call to either cache_clear_all(NULL, $table);
on all core cache tables or a call to cache_clear_all();
can be termed as General Cache Wipe
I could list down following based on a quick grep search for these functios.
- Cron : Very obvious.
- When a vote is submitted on a poll.
- Any operation performed on
admin/content
page like
- Node Multiple Delete. (Handled as a special case with confirmation form)
- Any other operation like
- When node access is rebuilt. (Like change of permissions)
- When menu cache is cleared. (Node module clears all the caches [node_menu()])
- Node Form Submission. [Creation or Updation]
- Node Deletion
- Comment Form Submission
- Any operation performed on
admin/content/comment
page
- Block administration. Any action performed on
admin/structure/block
- Create, Delete/Update any custom block.
- Any forum form submit.
- Any System Theme settings are changed.
- When aggregator parses a feed.
- Profile fields are edited/updated/deleted or their weights and categories are changed.
- When a user account is cancelled.
- When taxonomy term/vocabulary is added/deleted/updated.