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From: "Amgine" <amgine(a)wikimedians.ca>
Oliver Keyes: I do not believe anyone is disputing
your general
arguments, above.
The concern I see being expressed, fundamentally, is "I have developed
skills, practices, and efficiencies with current Wiki syntax. Is your
new parser going to destroy my investments in learning? am I going to
have to start over with this new system?"
Correct, and it isn't merely investments in learning; there are likely
investments in wrap-around-the-outside coding which assume access to markup
as well. Not All Mediawikiae Are Wikipedia.
Our point, as I share Oliver's concerns, which I think you rephrase well,
is that raw markup access is just as important -- if not moreso -- to a
subset of users of Mediawiki which is likely smaller than the Wikipedia
editor base, but still significant. (How significant, I don't have numbers
for, and I'm not sure such numbers can actually be generated...)
Cheers,
-- jra
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