On 11/14/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
... I can see why it'd be closed as wontfix. At least wontfix until code is provided or the foundation hires an actual staff.
Ouch... um... they do have an actual staff.
The request in this thread, by Virgil Ierubino, didn't seem to require
anything more than a last nanosecond substitution.
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10336
It also wouldn't be consistent with the behavior of
other magic words, which is confusing.
A valid point, but simply renaming it <<CURRENTUSER>> or something could solve that.
If you want to subst: a user name, it should be consistent with "~~~" and "~~~~", etc. We probably shouldn't start a NEW set of 'MYSTICWORDS' with <<>> notation....