tarquin-
It seems a little bats that at a time when our databse is struggling, we're adding more load to the system for something so trivial.
This should not add substantial load if properly coded, since it's just a search/replace operation with a fairly specific match (only triggers on linked dates). It will help us present a consistent picture throughout all our pages while not giving up some editorial liberty. I therefore fully support the implementation of this feature, unless the code is completely nuts ;-)
Regards,
Erik