I hear what you're saying Ryan - although in
fairness there is some history
there, and also some very significant challenges on all sides to actually
communicate. However, one has to keep in mind that sometimes the
definition of "end user" can be pretty different. On reading this thread,
I have the sense that lots of people commenting here see template
creators/curators as the "end user" - but they aren't in any conventional
sense. The end user is the person who actually uses the template.
The end-users for scribunto are template editors. The way the template
is called from articles is almost exactly the same. The syntax is so
similar to how it currently is that It does nothing to change the
experience for a normal editor.
I'd bet that most templates will keep the same arguments when switched
over, and the syntax will be mass changed by a bot.
- Ryan