I believe it is possible to expand the parser functions in place in a non-destructive way. There are always edge cases of course. But if it is not possible, it is a clear violation of a core wiki principle - that all changes be easily revertible.
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Alex mrzmanwiki@gmail.com wrote:
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)
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