I was trying
to show a triple bond on the
http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Acetylene page. How is
in normally
shown using ascii text to html markup?
There might be something in extended (ISO) character
set that would work,
but I'm not terribly familiar with those so far.
A broader question revolves around support for images
on Wikipedia--many of
us could probably draw diagrams that would enrich the
content of pages, like
the chemistry-related pages, dramatically. We could
develop them and
release them under GDFL terms, and it would seem a
shame to limit their
availability and redistribution to off-Wiki linking.
I mean, after all, dead-tree encyclopedias and even
some dictionaries have
illustrations. It's an interesting challenge, working
within the confines
of a primarily-text medium (Lynx is my primary
browser, after all), but at
some point, the *pedias should support pictures.0