@2010-12-28 22:22, MZMcBride:
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https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6455#c92 (and subsequent
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I read almost all that talk but I'm far from satisfied. I know (and I meet
sometimes) that there are tricks to emulate some string function by very
complex, and I suppose, much server-loading templates; but such emplates can
be built from advanced users only (that are few) while they can't be written
by normal users (that are many), It likes to me simply as another case of
"safety through obscurity": is this approach consistent with wiki
philosophy?
Is it a good idea to remove a tool-1 simply to avoid its abuse? Wouldn't it
much better to have both the tool-1, and another tool-2 designed to avoid
the abuse of tool-1? Is wiki project as a whole to be removed, just since
there are definitely many tries to abuse of it, requiring a great effort of
developers, sysops, bots, and users, to fight against those tries?
I don't understand.
Alex