Talk:Roadmap/Archive

Edit conflict merging
Nice to see this. Only one query: will this feature require the presence of an external diff3 utility or is the code included in MediaWiki? If the former, is it freely available for Windows? Phil 15:51, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * It will require diff3. It is available for Windows as part of Cygwin.--Eloquence 17:26, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * I tested it using UnxUtils, not Cygwin. It should work either way though. -- Tim Starling 00:14, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

New variables
will show the site name. What if someone creates Template:SITENAME and then uses or  ? Angela 16:16, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * The site name, not the template, will be displayed. To display the template, could be used. -- Tim Starling 00:14, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

"Big up" to the developers
Can't wait for the future to be now. Pcb21 16:55, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

WikiHiero
When do you planed to add WikiHiero to Wikimedia? It's already working on test server (with &lt;hiero&gt;&lt;/hiero&gt;). There is anything else that must be done first? A &#9774; ineko 04:47, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes, it'll be in 1.3. Do you want to write about it, or will I? -- Tim Starling 05:56, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * As I speak English like an old Egyptian mummy, I prefere you write about it ;o) I will try to finish WikiHiero guide page as soon as possible. A &#9774; ineko 15:50, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Will the templates accept parameters?
This page does not explicitly say so, but I have heard they will. Pcb21 09:13, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * I also heard about that. A &#9774; ineko 15:50, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes, templates will accept parameters. -- Tim Starling 05:28, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

When will PPCHTeX etc be included?
PPCHTeX, Lilypond, TIPA, etc. support were displayed on Wikisophia, but that site's vanished. When is the Wikitex functionality coming to Wikipedia? What happened to the Wikitex sandbox? How come the hieroglyphics people get their syntax, but the chemistry and music folks still don't? Grendelkhan 16:12, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)


 * It's a conspiracy among the MediaWiki developers. We secretly loathe chemistry and sheet music because of bad childhood experiences. Hieroglyphs, on the other hand, have been featured in some really cool movies (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Mummy vs. Godzilla etc.), so that was one primary motivation in including them.


 * It is also related to the fact that the code on Wikisophia has been written by one individual who has not communicated with us about it beyond announcing it, that it has never been released, that it has been applied to an unknown, probably outdated MediaWiki version, and that we have no idea whether the code is vulnerable to denial of service attacks and security exploits. If you want this code in MediaWiki, you should contact the person who wrote it, which would be Peter Danenberg, who can be reached at danenberg at mitdasein dot com.--Eloquence 20:46, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)