On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:16, Gerard Meijssen<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The argument that a language should be readable and
easy to learn is REALLY
relevant and powerful. A language that is only good for geeks is detrimental
to the use of MediaWiki. Our current templates and template syntax are
horrible. Wikipedia is as a consequence hardly editable by everyone.
Mortals _use_ the templates, not _create_ them. Geeks create templates
for mortals.
Current syntax is indeed horrible, but complete readibility is not the
main issue I'd say. Security, speed and flexibility should be, along
the ease of implementation.
Peter