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Module talk:High-use Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_talk:High-use

edit broke '% of pages' suppression

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@Editor: Ahecht: At this edit, |no-percent=yes stopped working; see Module:Lang/configuration which has:

{{High-use|no-percent=yes}}

but displays the '..., or roughly 3% of all pages' message fragment.

Please fix your edit.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:08, 17 December 2024 (UTC) 19:12, 17 December 2024 (UTC) simpler example[reply]

@Trappist the monk  Fixed --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:29, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Show transclusions if above 1000 instead of 2000

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I like seeing how many transclusions there are currently without having to ciick the "many pages" link.

But I understand how it may be wise not to show less than a 1000 so as not to discourage use of less-used templates. That way less-used templates are more likely to get used based on utility and not popularity. --Timeshifter (talk) 08:18, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:High-risk templates for a related explanation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:17, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that. But that is not what I was asking about.
I am asking that an edit be made to change the Lua module (Module:High-use) to show transclusions above 1000 instead of 2000. On line 109 "2000" would need to be changed to "1000".
--Timeshifter (talk) 21:13, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Timeshifter That limit is placed on line 109 because Ahechtbot only gathers data on templates with more than 2000 transclusions. The current query takes 15-20 minutes to run for ~7400 the templates with 2000 transclusions, and it's not uncommon for the query to time out (in which case the bot has to try again later). Doing it for the exponentially larger number of templates with over 1000 transclusions would not be feasible. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 03:53, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK Ahect. Thanks for your bot work. How often does the bot run? Daily? Maybe only run it weekly or biweekly or even monthly. Maybe divide up the task into 2 or 3 parts in order to prevent the query from timing out. Template:Sticky header could say "This template is used on approximately 5,600 pages (counted monthly)..." People could click the link if they want the very latest numbers. Most people just want an approximate number, not the latest number. --Timeshifter (talk) 04:18, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Timeshifter The bot runs weekly, and already splits the query into two parts (one for templates and one for modules). Splitting it further isn't really feasible and wouldn't save much time due to the way the databases are indexed. Running at a lower frequency just to add some lesser-used templates would likely be a net negative (and wouldn't help with the queries timing out anyway). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 03:25, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Thanks again. --Timeshifter (talk) 04:27, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Use on taxonomy templates

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Taxonomy templates, i.e. templates like Template:Taxonomy/Otophysi, are part of the WP:Automated taxobox system. They function like database entries and are used by the system to construct automated taxoboxes. Neither sandboxes nor testcases make much sense for taxonomy templates, because the potential effects of a change to a taxonomy template can only be fully seen by looking at the resulting taxoboxes created by the automated taxobox system. Accordingly, I'm experimenting in this module's sandbox with constructing a different message when invoked from a taxonomy template.

If you have any comments, please leave them at Wikipedia talk:Automated taxobox system#High use notices on taxonomy templates to avoid duplicated discussions. Peter coxhead (talk) 18:22, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Include mainspace count

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Instead of just taking the number of transclusions and dividing by {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} (which is currently 63,227,481), I was thinking it might make for a more cautionary warning to also show how big the number is compared to {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}. See [1] for the sandboxed change. Basically, this would cause the template to look like this:

Naturally, not all templates that use {{High-use}} are used in mainspace, so I can see how this change could be a little confusing, but I think it would still make the percent number more meaningfully cautionary. For example, Template:Short description says that the template is used on "10% of all pages", which honestly feels like not a big number—it would more clearly impress upon the layperson the gravity of the situation if it said "92% of all mainspace articles". Template:WikiProject banner shell would say: "This template is used on approximately 11,300,000 pages, which is roughly 161% of all mainspace articles or 18% of all pages." Mz7 (talk) 06:50, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]