I hit the template limit recently on a page using templates to list mathematicians by date. I was directed to this article for an explanation, but I found it so confusing that I even thought it was self-contradictory! Judging from other comments on this talk page, I may not be alone. Anyway, I think I understand the issue better now, so I hope previous editors won't mind if I try to rewrite some of the article to clarify it for the benefit of non-experts. I will do my best not to introduce any incorrect statements, but I trust the experts to keep me honest ;) [[User:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]] 17:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
:I rewrote this page this afternoon; I hope the new version is more clear. If any developers are watching this page, please feel free to correct any errors. I looked through Parser.php and tried some things in my sandbox to find out how it works, but it's possible there's some subtlety that I missed. [[User:CMummert|CMummert]] · <small>[[User talk:CMummert|talk]]</small> 23:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I've gone through it adding more structure and explanations in the light of comments that other editors have left on this page. Again, checking by experts and developers most welcome. In particular I'm not sure whether I'm correct to say that the length of the HTML is the figure used by the post-expand counter. [[User:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]] 17:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
