On 6/21/06, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The more complicated you make it, the more
unintended consequences there
are likely to be, the more failure modes there are and the more unwieldy
it gets
to edit the Wikipedia.
*cough*
parametrized templates
mathematical expressions
embedded LaTeX
advanced image thumbnail syntax
magic words
EasyTimeline
wiki table syntax
commons integration
watchlists
categories
localization (to the point of pluralization algorithms for particular
languages)
...
Some of these things make it more complicated to edit the Wikipedia. Some of
these things make it easier.