If no one else would like to undertake the task of writing out the boilerplate texts, I'll add it to my todo list.
--cprompt
Hmm, I've still not seen an answer to the problem I raised - links to blanked pages will no longer be coloured as stubs. This isn't a small problem, I feel...
It might be OK if in all cases the page was going to be either deleted or turned into an actual stub - but can you guarantee this?
Evercat
a.crossman@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
If no one else would like to undertake the task of writing out the boilerplate texts, I'll add it to my todo list.
--cprompt
Hmm, I've still not seen an answer to the problem I raised - links to blanked pages will no longer be coloured as stubs. This isn't a small problem, I feel...
It might be OK if in all cases the page was going to be either deleted or turned into an actual stub - but can you guarantee this?
Evercat
Do you mean that the links won't appear as though there was no article created for them? If so, well, that's one of the problems with pages that have just been blanked; they link just like regular articles, and are indexed just like regular articles. I think it should be considered the responsibility of the person who blanks a page (or redirects to boilerplate) to ensure that it doesn't remain in that state. If they are not a sysop, they should list the page on votes for deletion, or they should try to make their own stub or article (or find someone who can).
Evercat wrote in part:
Cprompt wrote:
If no one else would like to undertake the task of writing out the boilerplate texts, I'll add it to my todo list.
Hmm, I've still not seen an answer to the problem I raised - links to blanked pages will no longer be coloured as stubs. This isn't a small problem, I feel...
Part of the problem is that redirects are ''never'' classified as stubs. How difficult would it be to follow redirects before colouring their links? Of course, this still won't be a perfect solution if the boilerplate texts are longer than some people's thresholds. (But if they at least stay short, I for one might well adjust my threshold to fit them.)
-- Toby