https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52204
--- Comment #6 from John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to comment #5) > Magic links are pretty evil. They are one of many unusual pieces of wiki syntax. And it is quite 'wikipedia' specific functionality which could be dropped from core. > Explicitly marking links with a parser function > is > much more sensible. If the goal is to replace them with a more standard syntax, a 'isbn' interwiki pointing to special:booksources/$1 would be syntax that is more similar and conceptually closer also. Ideally it would render as an internal link when the interwiki points to the local special page. > I'm not sure supporting magic links in VisualEditor is a > good idea. What is the impact of not supporting these magic links on a) big wikipedias like enwp where these magic works will often be used from a cite template (which can be changed without editing millions of pages) and b) small wikis which are imo more likely to use these magic words in raw wikitext. I.e. How many bot edits are needed, and how many tools need to be revised. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
