Do something better (e.g., add AJAX pagination links, add regular pagination links, output an error message, or add a tracking category) instead of silently truncating the results when there are more than 345 results for Special:PrefixIndex and Special:AllPages transclusions
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	May 24 2016, 12:54 AM

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{{Special:PrefixIndex}} and {{Special:AllPages}} transclusions currently set a hard maximum number of results: 345, usually presented as three columns of 115 results.

Currently, we silently truncate the results at a seemingly arbitrary number, as far as I can tell.

Some options:

Add pagination links that can fetch more data with AJAX and load it in the same browser window
Provide a link to the next set of results that would take the user to Special:PrefixIndex?offset= or similar
Provide an error message of some kind or tracking category

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• MZMcBride created this task.May 24 2016, 12:54 AM

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• MZMcBride renamed this task from Figure out what to do with more than 345 results for Special:PrefixIndex and Special:AllPages transclusions to Do something better than silently truncating the results when there are more than 345 results for Special:PrefixIndex and Special:AllPages transclusions.May 24 2016, 2:04 AM

• MZMcBride renamed this task from Do something better than silently truncating the results when there are more than 345 results for Special:PrefixIndex and Special:AllPages transclusions to Do something better (e.g., add AJAX pagination links, add regular pagination links, output an error message, or add a tracking category) instead of silently truncating the results when there are more than 345 results for Special:PrefixIndex and Special:AllPages transclusions.

Example: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=15646114.

Note that there are about 52 weeks in a year, but this dynamically updated wiki index for a weekly publication stops at week 21!

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Izno moved this task from SpecialPage system to Special:PrefixIndex / Special:AllPages on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Aug 2 2017, 12:42 PM

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