[Wikipedia-l] Extension syntax discussion and vote

Tue Mar 30 06:40:58 UTC 2004

I don't see any problem. Try to force your browser to reload the page (with
Ctrl + F5 in Mozilla/IE), perhaps you seeing an old cached version.

Aoineko

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Holton" <rich_holton at yahoo.com>
To: <wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Extension syntax discussion and vote

> There is presently something very un-good about the
> Extension Syntax page:
> http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_Syntax
>
> The current revision shows only a fraction of the
> content, yet when I try to follow the revision history
> it doesn't correspond with the current state.
>
> There must be something rather dramatic wrong
> somewhere...
>
> -Rich Holton
>
> --- Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> > Erik Moeller wrote:
> >
> > >All,
> > >
> > >please participate on:
> > >
> > >http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_Syntax
> > >
> > >We are trying to develop a standardized syntax for
> > extensions such as the
> > >LaTeX extension for mathematical formulas, the
> > upcoming hieroglyphs
> > >extension, the SVG extension etc.
> > >
> > >There will be a brainstorming phase until April 4,
> > after which we will
> > >vote on these different proposals.
> > >
> > >This will hopefully allow us to finally start
> > working on a generalized
> > >extension interface.
> > >
> > I don't oppose this initiative, but I when I read
> > the meta page I was
> > quick to realize that many of the proposals were
> > beyond my
> > comprehension.  I would have a great deal of
> > difficulty in arriving at
> > an informed vote.  I'm sure that I'm not alone in
> > that observation.
> >
> > Most of us in most subjects deal strictly with text,
> > and a significant
> > number can manage the technology of uploading
> > pictures.  The really
> > adventurous may be able to manage a simple HTML
> > table.  Life should
> > remain as simple as possible for these people, and
> > expanding
> > technological functions should not diminish their
> > ability to contribute.
> >
> > I nevertheless recognize that some subject areas
> > require more
> > sophisticated approaches, and that these should be
> > made available.  A
> > modularized approach may be productive.  A person
> > interested in a
> > cartographic interface may not be interested in
> > learning how to
> > represent mathematical formulas or musical notation.
> >  Thus, learning one
> > of these extensions should be able to proceed
> > without the need to learn
> > the others, even when there is significant overlap
> > between two extensions.
> >
> > Ec
> >
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