2010/12/29 Maciej Jaros <e...@wp.pl>
> @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 > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
