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::How much of a drain on server resources is it? That policy was written when we were part of Wikia, right? I'm not very tech savy, so can someone explain the matter more? [[User:Mr. Anon|<font color="grey">'''Mr. '''</font><font color="midnightblue">'''Anon'''</font>]][[File:MatchupUnknown.png|23px|link=Special:Random]][[User talk:Mr. Anon|''<span style="color: black;">talk</span>'']] 14:18, 23 October 2011 (EDT) | ::How much of a drain on server resources is it? That policy was written when we were part of Wikia, right? I'm not very tech savy, so can someone explain the matter more? [[User:Mr. Anon|<font color="grey">'''Mr. '''</font><font color="midnightblue">'''Anon'''</font>]][[File:MatchupUnknown.png|23px|link=Special:Random]][[User talk:Mr. Anon|''<span style="color: black;">talk</span>'']] 14:18, 23 October 2011 (EDT) | ||
::Then that should be written why they're not allowed in the policy, rather than saying them being vulnerable to vandalism is why they're not allowed. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 14:22, 23 October 2011 (EDT) | ::Then that should be written why they're not allowed in the policy, rather than saying them being vulnerable to vandalism is why they're not allowed. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 14:22, 23 October 2011 (EDT) | ||
:::"Transclusions and parser functions in signatures are avoidable drains on server resources. Transcluded signatures require extra processing. Whenever you change your signature source, all talk pages you have posted on must be re-cached. " Reading is hard. | |||
:::Anon: Among the top 100 most-linked to pages in the wiki, there are 15 users (and sometimes associated talk pages). The top linked user is Clarinet Hawk, with almost 700 links. If CHawk had been using a template for his signature, and he decided to change it, ''all 700'' of those pages he's signed on have to be recached-- now suppose all 15 of those top-linked users changed their signature. – [[User:Emmett|<span style="color:#000000">Emmett</span>]] 14:54, 23 October 2011 (EDT) |