How is the api not documented? Between the docs on Mediawiki.org and the fact that every parameter is documented (with examples), I'd say its highly documented.
-Chad
On Feb 1, 2009 12:18 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Let us please appreciate what is being said here: "Wikipedia is a horrible place to copy templates from". We pride ourselves of being open source and the current templates make us as bad as the worst proprietary vendor. We have what is effectively an API and it is not documented at all. Thanks, GerardM
2009/2/1 Daniel Friesen dan_the_man@telus.net
^_^ Wikipedia is already a horrible place to copy templates from. Unlike >
Wikipedia most other M...
How is the api not documented? Between the docs on Mediawiki.org and the fact that every parameter is documented (with examples), I'd say its highly documented.
I think he means on wiki, most people probably won't know to look for information on how to use it at the main/official mediawiki wiki and just go by the scraps they can find on whatever local wiki they are on (in this case en.wiki).
Hoi, I tried to say that the templates function as an API. Templates are most definetly not documented and they prevent the reuse of our material, Our templates are horrible from a re-users point of view and to make it worse, we are un-apologetic about our template mess. There are alternatives that will make us more open that are not considered for the sake of expediency. Fuzheado wrote on his blog that we have captured 97% of the encyclopaedic market. We are as bad a monopolists as Microsoft is at its worst.
In many ways it is a big hole and we are still digging.. Thanks, GerardM
2009/2/1 Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com
How is the api not documented? Between the docs on Mediawiki.org and the fact that every parameter is documented (with examples), I'd say its highly documented.
-Chad
On Feb 1, 2009 12:18 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Let us please appreciate what is being said here: "Wikipedia is a horrible place to copy templates from". We pride ourselves of being open source and the current templates make us as bad as the worst proprietary vendor. We have what is effectively an API and it is not documented at all. Thanks, GerardM
2009/2/1 Daniel Friesen dan_the_man@telus.net
^_^ Wikipedia is already a horrible place to copy templates from. Unlike
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