"Magnus" == Magnus Manske
Magnus> IMHO blockquote is OK, as we do not have an equivalent in Magnus> wiki markup.
Magnus> We do, however, have wiki markup for lists, in which case Magnus> wiki markup is always preferred. Same goes for tables (yes, Magnus> the syntax is weird), <hr>, bold/italics, dd/dt.
The wiki syntax has, as I said some inconvenience with respect to line breaks, so seriously now:
What is the *problem* in using HTML constructs? Speed in parsing?
Uwe Brauer