On 12/19/06, NSLE (Wikipedia) nsle.wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
I assume most of the list's readers know what problems we've been having with the TFA each day on the main page (vandals inserting shock images into transcluded-on-transcluded templates). In case some don't, I'm posting this to see if anyone has ideas off how to avoid this. It's been discussed extensively on ANI, and there does not seem to be a workable solution to it. The images are being uploaded by sleeper socks old enough to upload them, and protecting every single template on TFA (including transcluded-on-transcluded ones) can be tedious for the admins. I've suggested perhaps substituting the templates before they become TFA (and re-transcluding after), but do the other list readers have any solution?
--NSLE
Since when is something getting tedious for admins a reason not to do it? If it's a mainpage non-article vandal target, it should be protected - no exceptions.
Mgm