Sam Korn wrote:
There are over two hundred thousand pages linking to template:tl. Have you any idea of the disruption that would be caused to the servers by {{tl}} being edited? It would crash the servers for ages. If the templates aren't going to be changed, the only reason for leaving them is that they look prettier in the code. When you think of the damage that could be caused by their being changed, even in good faith, that justification does not hold up. I intend to create a bot to mass-substitute all instances of these templates.
What's wrong with having tidy text in the code? I can't see a reason that template:tl needs to be changed. And I really wish you wouldn't create a bot just yet until this has been thoroughly discussed. :)
Chris