Derric Atzrott wrote:
I like the idea of class names for different things, and I don't think that it would unduly burden the editor. As they are already using inline styles, I think that using classes shouldn't be an undue burden. It is no harder to say class="someClass" than it is to say style="color: #123456", in fact, I would argue it is easier.
Well, kind of.
Ideally these classes would be wrapped in (centralized) MediaWiki templates. MediaWiki templates support redirects, localization, and have built-in tracking. CSS classes, on the other hand, cannot be easily renamed, don't support redirects/aliases, and they have no built-in tracking (it requires scanning XML dumps to find them).
So instead of class="someClass" or style="color:#CC0000;", it'd be nice to have {{make this row red}} (which probably already exists somewhere).
MZMcBride