On 6/16/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
Are they they only way this can be done? Is [[image]] the only arrangement incorporating MediaWiki syntax with an image?
No, but I can't think of a more recognizable syntax element, and links are of course one of the most fundamental features of a wiki.
Is MediaWiki the only wiki package that uses double square brackets?
Historically, I believe the double square bracket syntax was first created for Wikipedia by Clifford Adams, originally as a patch to UsemodWiki. MediaWiki (or "phase II" and "phase III" of the software as they were then known) copied this syntax. Since then, some others have copied it as well. I believe it's very historically important for the success of Wikipedia, and as such have always seen it as an adequate symbol for the software as well.
If we're discussing a new logo for the next version, it would seem worthwhile re-examining the entire thing from scratch?
Maybe. Continuity has its advantages, too.
Erik