[WikiEN-l] Most wanted

[David Gerard]

On 7 February 2011 19:26, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
> On 7 February 2011 17:46, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:KCwithOL
>> That template alone accounts for hundreds of links. Uncollapse the
>> sections to see how many there are. Maybe there should be a limit to
>> the number of links allows in a single template?

> Are we not risking throwing the baby out with the bathwater, here?
> whatlinkshere is a useful tool, but so are large templates - limiting
> the latter to benefit the former seems a bit of a zero-sum game.


Indeed. If a tool turns out inadequate, we should aim to fix the tool
rather than hamper the content to make the tool's life easier. That
template's a *monster*, but it's an interesting exercise in new ways
of presenting WIkipedia content, and is quite usable for the reader.


- d.