Yaron Koren wrote:
Hi everyone,
Part of the Wikipedia Usability Initiative is a project to create a system whereby template calls are hidden (minimized, really) for most users on the edit page, and when users do want to edit template calls, they can do so via a form instead of editing the template call directly. I'm involved with that project; my previous experience with such matters was creating the Semantic Forms extension, which is similar in its basic concept. I've put together a page explaining the current thinking on how the system should work, here:
http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_forms
We're looking for feedback; any thoughts or questions are welcome, either on that page's talk page or by responding to this email.
Thanks, Yaron
Perhaps it could be made so form parameters and template documentation can be defined at the same time? At first, I thought in the ability of embedding the documentation in the template, but if XML provides benefits, it could be made so the documentation can be provided from the XML.