Template talk:Long

Passé
I don't think this template is necessary at all, really, but I know that 150 KB is no longer what qualifies as a "long" page, especially in terms of browser loading times. The number of dial-up users worldwide has been dropping dramatically for the last few years and pretty much every animated signature on SWF is at least 150 KB.

More importantly, I don't think we should be using something like this until too much volume relegated to a single article is a real issue because it discourages the expansion of articles, giving new users the impression that "short" or "shortening" articles is okay. Which it is...but not in the interest of lethargy and quick-fixes; I don't think the SmashWiki community is quite ready to draw that distinction.

-- RJM Talk 20:17, January 2, 2008 (EST)