[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Special:Contributions: index missing?

[Timwi]

Rob Church wrote:
> There's been some discussion on a development mailing list regarding
> the namespace selector in contributions pages, which is expensive due
> to our schema arrangement.
> [...]
> What is the point of per-namespace contribution feature on live site?
> What are the applications of it?

What is the point in that question? If it is so database-intensive that 
it needs to be taken down, then surely it should be taken down even if 
it is useful. Conversely, if it is not database-intensive enough to be a 
real problem, then surely it doesn't hurt to have it even if it isn't 
useful.

Besides, it appears that few people have found a really good use for it; 
it can therefore be assumed that it will not be used very frequently, 
and therefore it will likely not have much database impact after all. :)

Timwi