From a non-load related perspective though, if a
template is HIGHLY USED, it
is likely that people now using it have laid out
articles around it (e.g. an
infobox) and making a alrge change to it could change the look and feel of
tons of articles. For that reason alone, remember it never hurst to bring
it up on the talk page, there's always the chance you also may be trying to
reinvent the wheel with your change as well.
xaosflux
----- Original Message -----
From: <mdd4696(a)gmail.com>
To: <wikitech-l(a)wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Editing highly used templates
Hi all,
I'm curious to know exactly what the risk is from editing highly used
templates. There are several archive header templates on enwiki which
could potentially be used on many, many pages, and I want to ensure
that if I make a modification to one of them that it doesn't have any
ill effects.
If I make one edit to a template used on many infrequently visited
pages, would that cause issues?
~Mdd4696
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