Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-1713281-20160318145300

This topic is something that the admin team has talked about multiple times in the 6 years I've edited here, but has never come to a conclusion.

The disambiguation template has always been a source of problems, if only because it was not intended to handle the amount of information we currently put into it. Currently, it allows for 248 "alternate counterparts", 8 Teams and Movies, 24 TV series and Video Games, 32 "Related" and 48 "Others". The problem is that our big name characters, such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Mr. Fantastic, and Wolverine, routinely break those limits; Spider-Man alone is already at 343 alternates. This often leads to massive load times for these pages, or large sections of the list not appearing visible for users viewing the page.

In the past, we've discussed possible alternatives to the current set-up, including sub-pages, multiple separate pages, or even implementing some sort of tab system, but none of those discussions ever resulted in any real change, and we would simply edit the template to bump the page limits. However, with us currently needing to add over 100 slots just to match the current limits of our biggest pages, let alone allow for more growth, I think it's time we look into a feasible solution for this problem. 