On 16/01/07, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
I can't say words without having some God-given "policy" read into them.
The English Wikipedia took comments you and I made about being sensible and not worrying *too much* in a previous thread, and turned it into a guideline; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_worry_about_performance.
I assume, or hope, that these people still know when to suspend guidelines. I think most of them got it.
That doesn't mean that AN ACTUAL PROBLEM, WHEN DISCOVERED, SHOULD BE IGNORED.
To quote: "Adopt common sense, of course. If it's plain something could cause drastic problems, hold fire and check... -- (me)" -- this qualifies as causing problems...
...also, ""Policy" shouldn't really concern itself with server load except in the most extreme of cases; -- (brion)" -- and I imagine this qualifies as an extreme case.
Try to use some common sense, people.
Fervent agreement!
There's no "policy" here. Just *sense*.
If someone tells me that the English Wikipedia's horrible habit of taking things as written, as a suicide pact...has crept over to our end...I'm not sure if I'd be able to grok that.
Rob Church