@2010-12-28 22:22, MZMcBride: > Alex Brollo wrote: >> I too don't understand precisely why string functions are so discouraged. I >> saw extremely complex templates built just to do (with a high server load I >> suppose in my ignorance...) what could be obtained with an extremely simple >> string function. > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6455#c92 (and subsequent > comments)
I would say en wiki admins simply need to remove such abuse form things like: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Asbox/templatepage&action=edit This is just a quick example I found - maybe the category was needed at some point, but you can do the same working on a dump or with a bot and just get it done once. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
