[Wikipedia-l] Table markup

[Erik Zachte]

Magnus wrote:
>>>"No parameters can be added to |- tags;
>>>not that I ever saw a table on wikipedia which uses that!"

Erik Zachte wrote:
>> If you search the en: cur sql dump file for '<tr ' you will find 
>> hundreds of examples; 

Magnus wrote:
>Yes, but now substract those that are used in "standard" tables like
the 
>elements tables; we want to cover these by CSS anyway, right?
>Now, substract those that can be easily done just as well by <td ...>

>Of the remaining ones (if any), which are absolutely necessary
(meaning, 
>don't serve some doubtful decorative purpose;-) ?

I rather specify any option only once than on each cell. 

As for doubtful decorative purpose: not quite NPOV ;) 
Colour helps to bring order to complex tables, CSS classes might do the
trick, but will that be easier to apply than a <tr bgcolor=blue> ? (one
needs to look up css definitions somewhere)

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Erik Zachte wrote:
>> |_ is too similar to |- and therefore hard to detect when editing the
>> source, easy to confuse and mistype.

Magnus wrote:
>I am open to suggestions! Magnus

anything goes that is not confusing 
|= may be mistaken by unitiated as meaning <th>
what about |+, |@ or |# ?

Erik Zachte