I've just sent two comments on this:

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52061#c38

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6810#c8


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Luiz Augusto <[email protected]> wrote:

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> From: This, that and the other <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:00 AM
> Subject: [Wikitech-l] The <poem> tag to be known as <lines>
> To: [email protected]
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> For some time, work has been ongoing on a merge of the Poem extension into
> MediaWiki core [1] [2]. (For those not aware, this extension [3] implements
> a simple <poem> tag which, among other things, preserves newlines.)
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> Several developers have expressed the desire for an alternative name for
> this tag, alongside <poem> (which of course will be kept for backward
> compatibility). This is because the tag is sometimes used for various other
> uses besides poetry.
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> There were many suggestions (see the bug report [1]), but it was
> eventually agreed to use Michael M.'s suggestion of <lines>. This name puts
> the focus on the individual "lines" of the content, which is exactly what
> the tag is doing.
>
> We almost had a collision with a previous proposal (<verbatim> conflicted
> with a tag in use on Wikia), so we wish to ensure that no-one else is using
> <lines>. No-one is yet aware of any MediaWiki extensions or other code
> using a tag named <lines> in wikitext.
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> If you think the name <lines> will be an issue, or if you have any other
> concerns with this merge, please speak up, either here or at the bug report.
>
> TTO
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> [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52061
> [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106861/
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Poem
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