2010/12/29 Maciej Jaros egil@wp.pl
@2010-12-28 22:22, MZMcBride:
Alex Brollo wrote:
I too don't understand precisely why string functions are so
discouraged. I
saw extremely complex templates built just to do (with a high server
load I
suppose in my ignorance...) what could be obtained with an extremely
simple
string function.
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6455#c92 (and subsequent comments)
I would say en wiki admins simply need to remove such abuse form things like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Asbox/templatepage&ac... This is just a quick example I found - maybe the category was needed at some point, but you can do the same working on a dump or with a bot and just get it done once.
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