David Gerard wrote:
Magnus Manske wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
A previous version of the code (not the current version, I think?) loaded *all* revisions of the article being rated, and switching it on would have caused an extremely unhappy DB server and a top-50 error message pretty much instantly ;-)
I *think* I fixed this...
So how do we establish this to Brion's satisfaction?
Well, we could * buy another 100 servers, set up a complete clone of ours, then simulate millions of users rating articles or * turn the darn thing on at the live wiki. We could use the German one if Brion's scared with the English one, there's way less users there, and they'll love it, as we are in a perpetual quality discussion there anyway...
*If* the servers do get sluggish from all the article rating, just turn it off again. I would fully understand if there were security concerns or we-can-never-turn-it-back issues, but a little slowness for a little time /as worst case/ is plaing it too safe IMHO. After all, it wouldn't really be wikipedia if it weren't slow, eh? ;-)
The only other way to convince Brion I can think of would be for him to look closely at the code and decide for himself if it's too risky. Me, I think it's ready. Of course, I thought the same thing about phase2 code, with all features enabled...
Magnus