Board Thread:Policies/@comment-6721631-20130602005201/@comment-122657-20140325171222

Yes, I believe cis is used within the Character pages and possibly elsewhere to provide the date the comic was produced for first and last appearances. In those instances, the story title is unnecessary.

I'm in continuing discussions with Grunny and TimQ at Wikia to figure out a better compromise. The nodpl versions were not what we agreed to when I met with them last and there was a miscommunication. We're working to come up with a solution that meets everyone's needs, as the current process is causing technical issues for Wikia on the larger pages, and will eventually lead to Wikia being forced to reduce our use of tools like DPL.

This information is very interesting regarding page load times:

Incredible Hulk Vol 1 with DPL as-is: 162.7 seconds on average; using the nodpl template: 42 seconds Avengers Vol 1 with DPL as-is: 137 seconds on average; using the nodpl template: 16 seconds. Fantastic Four Vol 1 with DPL as-is: 103.6 seconds on average; using the nodpl template: 19.8 seconds

I'm sure you've all experienced issues with pages like Avengers Vol 1 or Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 loading quickly or at all. All of that is due to the little DPL engine grabbing information for us from the comic page. When it's once or twice a page, that's a little costly, but when it's hundreds of times a page, that crashes the page, then eventually the site, and eventually possibly a server (depending on the situation).

So I'm working with the technical guys at Wikia to design a better solution, but there's nothing in-hand yet.

Tim and Grunny, feel free to chime in here if you'd like to.