James Day has asked (here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Qif) for documentation on the interesting behaviour of the "Parameter Default" feature, the mainstay of operation for [[en:Template:qif]] which has recently caused so much stir.

I have been able to locate [[m:Help:Parameter default]] but this seems to be an after-the-fact description of how the system behaves, rather than a before-the-fact specification, which seems to be what James is after.

Does anybody know where such a beast might be hiding (possibly in plain sight :-) ?

According to James Day, Brion and Tim are likely to be the best candidates because the information is partially stored in their heads (quote from [[en:template talk:qif]]): ::See mediawiki.org and the brains of Brion and Tim Starling. Note that changing what is at mediawiki.org without changing those brains would just result in inaccurate documentation. [[User:Jamesday|Jamesday]] 20:19, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

I have tried to search at mediawiki.org, but I always seem to end up at the meta page I refer to above.

HTH HAND