Hoi,
Given that there is no alternative to the templates the are imho opinion
crucial and core functionality. It is key functionality for everyone who
wants to set up a MediaWiki installation that looks good. Tex is effectively
a corner case and is not comparable in importance.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/7/17 Peter Gervai <[email protected]>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:06, Gerard Meijssen<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Well this strength is not that great when people like myself who has
> commit
> > right on SVN does not want to touch templates with a barge pole if I can
> > help it. Wikipedia is supposed to be this thing everybody can edit.
>
> I think you misprioritise the whole thing.
>
> Consider it a feature, not a base functionality. Most installations do
> not use 10% of the possible features available, due to lack of
> knowledge, time, bravery or else. Writing templates with code is a
> rare art by my observation, most of the larger MW installations never
> have used it in the first hand.
>
> You would like to remove TeX (math) input because the language is complex?
>
> And since it'd be an extension I guess, it would imply that you want
> to forbid(?) creating complex extensions? That's unrealistic. Geeks
> need this functionality, so ungeeks may or may not care about that, it
> doesn't really matter. If it's easier to understand than not: that's a
> plus.
>
> By the way I wouldn't touch PHP with a teen feet pole and rubber
> gloves, but I'm fine with current template syntax. We're individuals
> with our own preferences. ;-)
>
> grin
>
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