[Wikipedia-l] What a wiki table syntax needs to do to work withcurrent table layouts

[Neil Harris]

The Cunctator wrote:

>A wiki markup that's simple but able to handle reasonably fancy tables by
>employing stylesheets.
>
>The complicated Sainfoin table (http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sainfoin)
>would be written as:
>
>[[table:plant
>[{                            Sainfoin                             }]
>[|                [image: OnobrychisViciifolia-thumb.jpg]          |]
>[{                  [[Scientific classification]]                  }]
>[|                      [[table:classification
>    [| [[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]]:   | [[Plantae]]          |]
>    [| [[Division (biology)|Division]]: | [[Magnoliophyta]]    |]
>    [| [[Class (biology)|Class]]:       | [[Magnoliopsida]]    |]
>    [| [[Order (biology)|Order]]:       | [[Fabales]]          |]
>    [| [[Family (biology)|Family]]:     | [[Fabaceae]]         |]
>    [| [[Genus]]:                       | '''''Onobrychis''''' |]
>    [| '''[[Species]]:'''               | '''''vicifolia'''''  |]
>                                   ]]
>|]
>[{            [[Binomial nomenclature|Binomial name]]             }]
>[|                  ''Onobrychis vicifolia''                      |]
>]]
>
>{ } is for th, | | is for td.
>
>  
>
Yes, that's superb. I can read and understand it easily, and it should 
be easy for people to grasp.

Neil