Phil Boswell wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote:
[blah blah blah] Everybody, please don't bother discussing alternative bold and italic markup. That's not on the table right now.
thanks for this message. However, please may I cheekishly take the liberty to point out that it could have been worded less authoritatively?
I was under the impression that Brion is *paid* to give authoritative answers.
Authoritative over the MediaWiki codebase, yes, and I fully respect that authority. But I don't think he should have authority over the set of permissible discussions on the mailing list.
Timwi