Happy-melon wrote:
Eeewwwwww....
What's any different between this and a {{#author: }} parser function apart from the inability to access it from the wikitext? As noted, it's perfectly possible for the data to be in a separate field on the upload form, either by default or by per-wiki hackery. This is likely to result in as many "why can't I edit the bits of wikitext which diff, history, transclusion (let's not forget the enormous can of worms mucking around with the wikitext will open up there), etc assure me is there??" questions as it solves "what does this brace structure do?" ones.
--HM
Good point about transclusion. That question wouldn't be asked since they would be editable above, just in a different input box than the main content.