Thread:RR3 Michael P/@comment-27006659-20170319151020/@comment-30967537-20170514224958

Hi Michael,

First, thanks for getting the LOOPS functionality turned on, my script now works properly ... kind of!

Tinkering away as usual, I added an enhanced Manufacturers page which works ok except it exceeds the loops limit which has been set to the default of 100. Check out the page. Rather than having to create templates for the NavBox for the models for each manufacturer I build the NavBox on-the-fly using a loop. It all works fine until I hit the 100th car and then it stops working. Would you mind asking the Fandom Staff why there is a default limit of 100 loops, are loops inefficient or do they have performance issues, is there some other reason? Checking out the NewPP Limit Report everything seems well within limits SO it would be interesting to know why the limit? If it's not a performance issue is there any chance of getting it increased to say 250 to allow for new cars being added for the next couple years? If it is a performance issue AND you're not totally against the page (no point in getting it working if you don't want it!) then I guess I'll have to find a work-around (i.e. creating separate templates for each manufacturer ... yawn!)  but that'll be a shame as it will require more work and the creation and updating of templates every time there are new cars. Let me know. Thanks. By the way, I created my own NavBox as I didn't want to  include the manufacturer in the tile AND I wanted a different background colour as I always find the blue-on-blue very hard to make out.

I was having a look at the Series & Special Events page and I saw that the Best Race For Each Series table has been updated (you need to change the second 9.14 to 9.15 !) and it occurred to me that (if it helps you) this is something I could generate for you as I'm already extracting all the Series-Events data. As long as there are a standard set of rules to determine the best event (e.g. most Gold OR most R$ OR a combination of both where each Gold is worth x R$s) then I could write a query script to extract this data from the AllEvents data and add the necessary template call. Let me know.

Car names. Did you look at my Sandbox12b? The car name is as per your (the Wiki's) requirements but I added the driver details in grey so they're separate from the car name. I think this is a good compromise. It shows all possible information for the car name, the Wiki car name is the same, the link is the same. Everybody should be happy. Yes? No? Come on, give me this one, I'm doing all I can to make you (and me) happy!

Nick