[Wikipedia-l] Extension_Syntax

Tue Apr 6 02:23:22 UTC 2004

> The problem with voting on something like this is that most of us
> understand absolutely nothing about it.  This effectively leaves the
> decision in the hands of the techno-nerds.
>
> For those of us who stand outside of that elite crowd, we are most
> likely to ask
>     1) What does the result look like? and
>     2) How easy is it to use?
>
> It seems from the meta article that some of these proposals may be
> easily learned, (but I can't be sure.)  On the other hand, except for a
> couple of very short mathematical expressions, there are no examples of
> what these might look like, particularly for the hieroglyphics and
> musical material.
>
> I fully recognize that several specialized subjects require specialized
> tools, and they should be available to those who want to write about
> such subjects.  I hope that whatever is adopted will be adequately
> documented for the rest of us.  Also a person who wants to enter music
> (for example) should not need to learn how to enter mathematical formulas.

I create a page to allow people to see syntax proposal with concrete
examples:

http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_Syntax/Example

Please remember the vote is about finding syntax to encapsulate extensions,
not to decide the syntax of the extensions themselves.

Aoineko