Module:Biglist/doc

This module helps avoid problems with templates that might exceed expand size or time and which might put a page in an error tracking category:

• Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded or
• Category:Pages with script errors (time exceeding 10 seconds).

Using this module to replace a large list of entries can significantly reduce the resources required to generate the page, making editing and viewing an uncached page faster.

Columns-list

Some articles use {{columns-list}} to show lists of items in multiple columns. The module only supports cases using colwidth and no other parameters. Given that limitation, using the module requires an expansion size only a little more than the size of the wikitext, while the template requires an amount three times larger. The following example is from List of least concern fishes.

Wikitext

{{#invoke:biglist|columns-list|colwidth=30em|*[[Aptychotrema rostrata|Eastern shovelnose ray]] ''(Aptychotrema rostrata)''
*[[Aptychotrema vincentiana|Southern shovelnose ray]] ''(Aptychotrema vincentiana)''
*[[Rhinobatos annulatus|Lesser guitarfish]] ''(Rhinobatos annulatus)''
*[[Rhinobatos blochii|Bluntnose guitarfish]] ''(Rhinobatos blochii)''
*[[Rhinobatos sainsburyi|Goldeneye shovelnose ray]] ''(Rhinobatos sainsburyi)''
*[[Trygonorrhina dumerilli|Southern fiddler ray]] ''(Trygonorrhina dumerilli)''
*[[Trygonorrhina fasciata|Eastern fiddler ray]] ''(Trygonorrhina fasciata)''}}

Result

• Eastern shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema rostrata)
• Southern shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema vincentiana)
• Lesser guitarfish (Rhinobatos annulatus)
• Bluntnose guitarfish (Rhinobatos blochii)
• Goldeneye shovelnose ray (Rhinobatos sainsburyi)
• Southern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina dumerilli)
• Eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata)

Search

Some project pages list hundreds of topics using {{search}}. An alternative would be to use the module as in the following example.

Wikitext

{{#invoke:biglist|topicsearch|prefix=*|list=
Aalenilla compressa
Aalenirhynchia
}}

Result

• Aalenilla compressa – (wp gwp g bwp b | eb 1911 co gct sw arc ht)
• Aalenirhynchia – (wp gwp g bwp b | eb 1911 co gct sw arc ht)

Userlinks

Some WP:LTA pages list hundreds of users using {{userlinks}}. An alternative would be to use the module as in the following example.

Wikitext

{{#invoke:biglist|userlinks|prefix=#|list=
Example
Jimbo Wales
}}

Result

1. Example (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
2. Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)