Bryan Derksen wrote:
There is at least one area of wikipedia work that I do which I think HTML comments will come in very handy; HTML tables. HTML tables can get quite complicated and messy, and being able to leave notes for future editors to help them add to the table is something I just don't see the talk: page as being very good for.
Another way that I like to use HTML-style comments with tables: When a huge table (like those for US States, elements, etc) confronts a newbie trying their hand at editing, they may not realise how easy wiki editing is when all that they can see is this mass of HTML code. So I add a comment *before* the table (on its own line), letting them know that they should skip past the table code if they want to edit the ordinary running text.
-- Toby