On 12/31/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Apply a random number generator to determine the order in which they
appear each time they are downloaded.
I suppose we could use {{CURRENTSECOND}} to transclude 1 of 60
sub-templates, which in turn contain something around 200 #ifexist:
statements to transclude the various AfD sub-pages. It'd be a lot of work to
set up, but it's simpler than it sounds. AfD logs would look something like
this...
{{AfD Log {{CURRENTSECOND}}|
|Foo
|Bar
|Yar
|Pirates
|Ninjas
}}
Then the page would transclude {{AfD Log 04}} (or one of 59 other
templates), which each contain a lot of this, in different orders:
{{#if:{{{2|}}}|{{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for
deletion/{{{2}}}|{{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{{2}}}}}}}}}
{{#if:{{{3|}}}|{{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for
deletion/{{{3}}}|{{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{{3}}}}}}}}}
{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for
deletion/{{{1}}}|{{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{{1}}}}}}}}}
Let each one take about 200-300 optional parameters, and I don't think
there's much chance of an overflow.
Surely I'm missing a few things, but the general concept seems workable.
I donno if it's a good idea. Still brainstorming. "Newer noms to the top"
would require a lot less overhaul, but I can see benefits from a
pseudo-random arrangement such as this.
If there actually is some template that generates random numbers, somebody
shoot me now. ;)
-Luna