On 15/12/2007, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
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?
...right. All 375 of them used more than 12,000 times are now solidly protected, which is at least a start. This is going to require heavy work, though - the most-linked-to templates pages maxes out at a thousand, and there's a lot more vulnerable ones than that.
Hum. Thoughts?
(Unrelatedly, I have just noticed we have 12,000 images tagged with {{Non-free comic}}... gotta love that 'minimal use of non-free material'!)