Last modified: 2006-08-15 13:33:49 UTC
Template substitution is massively broken in several wikis, cf. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias http://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Babel http://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweijte_Johdousend Also found garbled Wiktionary pages but forgot to keep the URLs
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7005 ***
Sorry, problems persist and have not been fixed. There are still garbled pages all over the place.
yes, it's not fixed, that's why bug 7005 is still open. that does not change the fact that this report is a dupe. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7005 ***
Reopening since these bugs need to be fixed on a template-by-template basis, there's no magic bullet.
Note that you can use the new [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] to fix problem articles by expanding the templates they contain.
I've fixed all three articles. I'm prepared to look at any further instances of broken articles, and even to introduce features as need be, as I did for fr:, but I'm not going to remove the limit. I think these instances have shown that the limit is well-targeted, breaking only the most ugly, slow-rendering pages and templates.
Replacing each Template by their expansion is not a solution at all to a general problem. Man could do that occasionally for short time help, only. You would please forget to "fix" the more than 1200 "year" pages this way, and many more left. This is not the place for discussing special templates (if you know a place, please point me to it!) so only short: The language templates used in e.g. http:// ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Babel are from time long ago without parser functions. They will be made better and quicker with them, also some other drawbacks lifted, layout/colors moved to CSS e.g., etc. I am working on and planning that, but will take time. Until then, existing functionallity must be kept working.
Closing WONTFIX, since that best describes the remainder of the bug. I'll fix the 1200 year pages if you want me to, but I get the feeling you won't be satisfied with that.
Please restore functionality. Dont waste your time on "year" articles. I am going to make the Babel-templates better, once all needed information is there, and we will see what comes out of it. [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] will help much. I wish I had it in the beginning.
