Isnt the reason people use it because of (previous) limits in the template syntax? Like when [[Image:asdf|pipes|in|images]] did not work properly?
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:57:49 +0100, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Hi, people.
Please could you guys stop creating stuff like this?:
{{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Domestic Dog}}<br />{{StatusSecure}} {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Norwegian Elkhound 600.jpg|249px|]] | caption = A [[Norwegian Elkhound]], a breed of domestic dog.}} {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}} {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}} [... etc. ...] {{Taxobox_end}}
This is not going to work in the long run. This is extremely prone to error and extremely hard to maintain.
Please do it the correct way; something like
{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Domestic Dog | image = [[...]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ... etc. ... }}
The former (current) mark-up gives me the creeps. It defies all the principles of modularity and document structure. As such, this kind of thing makes the introduction of a better/faster parser pretty damn hard.
Thanks, Timwi
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