[Foundation-l] Why is the software out of reach of the community?

[Alex]

Brian wrote:
> Mark,
> Keep in mind regarding my Semantic drum beating that I am not a developer of
> Semantic Mediawiki or Semantic Forms. I am just a user, and as Erik put it,
> an advocate.
> 
> That said, I believe these two extensions together solve the problem you are
> talking about. And for whatever reason, the developers of MediaWiki are
> willing to create new complicated syntax, but not new interfaces.
> 
> In your assessment, do these extensions solve the interface extensibility
> problem you describe?
> 
> To the list,
> 
> Regarding development process, why weren't a variety of sophisticated
> solutions, in addition to ParserFunctions, thoroughly considered before they
> were enabled on the English Wikipedia?
> 
> Should ParserFunctions be reverted (a simple procedure by my estimate, which
> is a good thing) based solely on the fact that they are the most clear
> violation of Jimbo's principle that I am aware of?
> 

A simple procedure? Yes, disabling the extension would be rather simple,
repairing the thousands of templates that would be broken in the
process, not so much.

-- 
Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man)