Brian wrote: > Mark, > Keep in mind regarding my Semantic drum beating that I am not a developer of > Semantic Mediawiki or Semantic Forms. I am just a user, and as Erik put it, > an advocate. > > That said, I believe these two extensions together solve the problem you are > talking about. And for whatever reason, the developers of MediaWiki are > willing to create new complicated syntax, but not new interfaces. > > In your assessment, do these extensions solve the interface extensibility > problem you describe? > > To the list, > > Regarding development process, why weren't a variety of sophisticated > solutions, in addition to ParserFunctions, thoroughly considered before they > were enabled on the English Wikipedia? > > Should ParserFunctions be reverted (a simple procedure by my estimate, which > is a good thing) based solely on the fact that they are the most clear > violation of Jimbo's principle that I am aware of? >
A simple procedure? Yes, disabling the extension would be rather simple, repairing the thousands of templates that would be broken in the process, not so much. -- Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
