On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:16, Gerard Meijssen<gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > The argument that a language should be readable and easy to learn is REALLY > relevant and powerful. A language that is only good for geeks is detrimental > to the use of MediaWiki. Our current templates and template syntax are > horrible. Wikipedia is as a consequence hardly editable by everyone.
Mortals _use_ the templates, not _create_ them. Geeks create templates for mortals. Current syntax is indeed horrible, but complete readibility is not the main issue I'd say. Security, speed and flexibility should be, along the ease of implementation. Peter _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
