On 11/06/05, Tomer Chachamu
<the.r3m0t(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If you wanted to link that to the 1 E1 m, you
would just
do: ((([[100. yards]])))
Surely only two brackets are sufficient?
Are you suggesting something like [[100 yards]] to link and provide
automatic unit conversion? I avoided this because of potential conflicts.
For instance:
[[one foot]] contains twelve inches.
[[one foot]] is the name of a snowboarding trick, according to Wikipedia.
That is why I suggest placing the [[ ]] inside of whatever syntax provides
automatic unit conversion if the user wants the automatic link to the 1 E* m
series of pages. Then, if they want the unit linked elsewhere, they can do
[[link|(((3 ft)))]].
If instead you were suggesting only two parentheses instead of three, that
is fine with me. As I state on the page, the entire syntax is up for debate.
I saw the three parentheses suggested somewhere when I started work, so that
is what I went with. Clearly the fewer characters typed, the better. I
haven't been around Wikipedia long enough to know what I might be
conflicting with by choosing something shorter.
Matt Wright