#611 Signature Idea

[Ilyanep]

Please allow Signatures to be like templates, so that
{{User sig:Ilyanep}} could make your signature show.
This way the wikimarkup stays a lot cleaner when people
with long signatures sign (like mine is really long,
like 2 or 3 lines long). This would make everything a
lot easier!

[benc]

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Except that it would put a lot of strain on the database. :-(

[Ilyanep]

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Would it really put that much more strain on the dB?

[benc]

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I'm not familiar with the technical details -- maybe (hopefully,
because it's a nice idea) it wouldn't be too big a strain. A
typical talk page might have dozens of signatures, though.
Check out this "tip of the day":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day_archive
#Inclusion_vs_Transclusion