[Wikitext-l] Double-bracketed external links

[Thomas Dalton]

On 26/11/2007, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a controversial proposal: allow external links to be wrapped in
> double brackets: [[http://foo.com]].

[[http://foo.com]] almost certainly is intended to be rendered as
<a href="http://foo.com">[1]</a>, I agree. However, [[http://foo.com
foo]] may well be wanted as [<a href="http://foo.com">foo</a>] (ie.
[foo] with only the inside linked). Would your plan only be for
external links with default link text, or would it be for all external
links? If the latter, I think it's a bad idea.