[WikiEN-l] MediaWiki is getting a new programming language

[stevertigo]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Thomas Dalton<thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 2009/7/1 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>:
> >> They are going to add something like PHP/Python/Lua so that you can
> >> program the encyclopedia. If you want to participate in the
> >> conversation you should join wikitech-l. Cheers ;)
> >
> > "Program the encyclopaedia"? At least try and give people a meaningful
> > idea of what the thread you are pointing them towards is about...
>
> Dude. Go nitpick someone else.


Your response to Thomas' legitimate point is in poor form. Thomas is right:
You provide no context, no direct link to a substantive wikitech-l post, no
link to an overview on a meta page, and (more to the point) you gave no
indication that the techies actually want non-technical input.

-S