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Take a look at [[Village_Pump:Home/Features_Wanted]]. Most features are almost impossible to implement using MediaWiki. --[[User:Guga360|Guga360]] 03:51, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
: Actually, the vast majority (all?) of them are possible. I know how each of them could be done; My understanding of MediaWiki has grown tremendously over the last several months. --[[User:Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 08:03, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
==Stick with MediaWiki==
I think we should continue to use MediaWiki.
* We don't have to maintain MW ourselves.
* Many people know MW wiki syntax.
* MW is very powerful in the matter of ''user-created functionality'', using categories, templates, and sometimes bots. All of the structures we've built -- <nowiki>{{header}}</nowiki>, categorized and flat indexes of examples, "Tasks not implemented in", etc. -- all of this does not need attention from RC administrators/programmers. Consider MediaWiki like a general-purpose programming language: if we create something that is adapted to what we want now, it will lack generality and make it difficult for people to come up with ideas for improvements and ''just do them''. (Of course, this is moot if we invent a ''better wiki'' rather than Rosetta Code-specific software.
--[[User:Kevin Reid|Kevin Reid]] 21:41, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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