The MarkBLockedGlobal script currently does about 300 requests per page view of Steward Requests/Global on meta 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 <dkinzler@wikimedia.org>:

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, 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

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