[WikiEN-l] Template/taxobox mess-up!

Sun Aug 29 09:39:44 UTC 2004

Isnt the reason people use it because of (previous) limits in the
template syntax? Like when [[Image:asdf|pipes|in|images]] did not work
properly?

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:57:49 +0100, Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi, people.
> 
> Please could you guys stop creating stuff like this?:
> 
> {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Domestic Dog}}<br />{{StatusSecure}}
> {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Norwegian Elkhound 600.jpg|249px|]]
> | caption = A [[Norwegian Elkhound]], a breed of domestic dog.}}
> {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
> {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
>         [... etc. ...]
> {{Taxobox_end}}
> 
> This is not going to work in the long run. This is extremely prone to
> error and extremely hard to maintain.
> 
> Please do it the correct way; something like
> 
> {{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Domestic Dog |
>   image = [[...]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ... etc. ... }}
> 
> The former (current) mark-up gives me the creeps. It defies all the
> principles of modularity and document structure. As such, this kind of
> thing makes the introduction of a better/faster parser pretty damn hard.
> 
> Thanks,
> Timwi
> 
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