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

[Brian]

I believe it is possible to expand the parser functions in place in a
non-destructive way. There are always edge cases of course.
But if it is not possible, it is a clear violation of a core wiki principle
- that all changes be easily revertible.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Alex <mrzmanwiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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)
>
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