Question:
When a template calls on another template, and that second template, calls
on a third, and so forth, do all of those subs appear on the transclusion
list to the article the first template is used on?
For example, there are conversion templates that call on /range and /dim
templates, and the /range and /dim templates call on a /calc template, which
provides the actual number to use to make the conversion. I have found some
/calcs unprotected, which seems to make it very easy for someone to screw up
the numbers that get displayed in articles.
cs
On Dec 15, 2007 2:04 PM, crock spot <crockspot(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I see no reason not to. Anything that has the
potential for transcluding
vandalism all over hell and back, and isn't currently being worked on by an
editor who has requested unprotection, should be protected. Common sense.
cs
On Dec 15, 2007 1:58 PM, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 15/12/2007, Andrew Gray
<shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 15/12/2007, Casey Brown
<cbrown1023.ml(a)gmail.com > wrote:
It's been fixed, it was caused by vandalism
to this template:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mojo_title which put the
"Image:Vagina-anatomy1" at the top of all pages with that template.
The template in question is now protected and the user blocked.
Mmm. I pre-emptively blocked a second template, too.
I wonder if it might be worth reminding the mailing-list about
transcluded template vandalism and the importance of protecting
heavily used templates...
...for what it's worth, we have over a thousand templates transcluded
more than 2,800 times - even allowing for duplication and for some not
being "reader-facing", that's still a heck of a lot. Is there any
reason I shouldn't roll through protecting the high-use ones?
--
- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
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