A quick peek at ANI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents> shows over 1650 requests on a single load because I have the MarkLocked <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GeneralNotability/mark-locked.js> script loaded on my account.
Regards, Sohom Datta --- Open-source contributor @Wikimedia, @Chromium On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 4:41 AM Count Count via Wikitech-l < [email protected]> wrote: > The MarkBLockedGlobal script currently does about 300 requests per page > view of Steward Requests/Global on meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global> but it is also > helpful on Special:Watchlist/Special:RecentChanges. I think 100-1000 > requests is common, it can go over a 1000 in rare cases (though over 10000 > would be unlikely). No idea what other request-heavy gadgets/user scripts > exist. > > Count Count > > Am Mi., 4. März 2026 um 10:18 Uhr schrieb Daniel Kinzler < > [email protected]>: > >> Hi, >> >> thank you for bringing this up. We are currently working to adjust the >> limits in a way that will avoid disruption for outliers like this. >> >> Can you give a rough estimate how much traffic that gadget would generate >> per usage? Hundreds of requests? Thousands? >> >> Thanks, >> Daniel >> >> >> Am 04.03.26 um 09:35 schrieb Count Count via Wikitech-l: >> >> Hi! >> >> If I read this correctly, user scripts/gadgets such as this one >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal>, >> which marks users that are globally blocked/locked, are also affected. This >> one (and others I am sure) can generate quite a lot of requests. None of >> the proposed solutions seem suitable to help with that. What can be done? >> Is proxying those requests through a toolforge webservice, which requires >> quite a bit of development effort, the only option? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Count Count >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >> >> >> -- >> Daniel Kinzler >> Principal Software Engineer >> MediaWiki Engineering Group >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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