Thread:Project:Current issues/about wiki syntax

Dear MediaWiki fellows,

I hope this page is a good place to contact some people in the MediaWiki project. Sorry if not.

I am impressed by the amazing work so many people are able to do using a Markdown-like syntax. I believe that, even if it fits basic needs of enriching and structuring text, such a syntax could be greatly improved. I remember the John McCarthy's lament at the W3C's choice of SGML as the basis for HTML : « An environment where the markup, styling and scripting is all s-expression based would be nice. » I am working on an environment, alphawiki++, devoted to writing, composing and coding in the WEB, where the markup, styling and scripting are unified in a single language, lambdatalk. I should like to share some reflexions about this approach.

This is my e-mail: marty.alain@free.fr

Best regards

Alain martyBold text