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: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > 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] > > > 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.) > > 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. > > 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. > > 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 > > -- > [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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > >
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