"David Gerard" wrote
Yeah. The nice thing about a preload template is that it can guide new editors without being a straightjacket on experienced ones - it's just text in the edit box, after all.
I've always felt the empty edit box was a big plus. I would almost prefer a 'required field' for Sources with prompts for a new page.
Plus it would slow down making redirects to cut boilerplate text. I do a lot of redirects ... I do mean thousands.
Charles
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Plus it would slow down making redirects to cut boilerplate text. I do a lot of redirects ... I do mean thousands.
I was going to say, it should be possible to disable this feature for experienced users.
Steve
On 30/11/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/30/06, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com
Plus it would slow down making redirects to cut boilerplate text. I do a lot of redirects ... I do mean thousands.
I was going to say, it should be possible to disable this feature for experienced users.
Maybe. OTOH, just have a look through [[Special:Newpages]] on a Sunday afternoon US time. You'll consider hitting Ctrl-A before typing #REDIRECT to be a small price to pay.
- d.