Fredrik Josefsson wrote:
We have been requested not to use meta templates. But they are used on the Commons a lot for other language. In the template Copyvio there's even two meta templates ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyvio ) .
There is absolutely nothing wrong with simple nested templates. The only problem they ever had was updating properly when the nested templates are edited, and that problem has been resolved.
- Question: Is this really detremental for the server
performance?
No.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)