https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19302
Web browser: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x
Summary: Definition syntax cannot be escaped and is potentially
unintended.
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.14.0
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Page rendering
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: jesdisci...@gmail.com
I was just writing a template and was surprised when syntax similar to
`{{#ifeq:{{{param|}}}|value||; text here}}. More text here.' was emboldened
and given its own paragraph. I was separating an optional statement off from
the main sentence. Having never used definitions before and therefore clueless
why this happened, I took a guess and removd the semicolon. Aha! After
Googling a bit, I found what the semicolon was for through the bug about the
inappropriate <dl/> indentation caused by the colon. Parser functions like
this apparently begin new lines (or at least new matches) implicitly for every
pipe, and thus I was seeing behavior I didn't explicitly ask for.
Workaround: Use the HTML entity ; (: for colon) instead.
I suggest that:
* the "beginning of line" behavior of parser functions (and presumably
templates) be rewritten so only an explicit newline begins a new match; and/or
* escape sequences be designed for the semicolon and colon at the match start,
like maybe ;; and :; (additional semicolon for both).
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