[html4all] Using the wiki

[Gregory J. Rosmaita]

aloha, rob!

i noticed some freakish mediawiki behavior -- it wouldn't let 
me enter markup into a wikified header (an expansion for a.k.a.),
but it did recognize and respect the <cite> element when i used
it for the attributions for my mantras on my User:Oedipus page...

i guess it'll be a crapshoot for a while, until we gather altogether, 
from individual experimentation, what markup is natively supported by 
mediawiki (i did not have to encase the CITE element in an HTML 
container, as i do tending pages at the linux foundation's site for 
the accessibility workging group), so perhaps a catch-all page devoted 
to what markup works and what doesn't -- as well as helpful tips, such 
as that rob shared about using title to provide alternative text for 
an image...  as rob pointed out, external help resources that are, 
themselves wikis can contain erroneous information...

so, should there be a supported markup page, where we can document
what works, what doesn't and how to get the wiki do what you 
need/want it to do?  or does such a resource already exist? i guess 
this would fall under the "internal assistance" category?  the 
administrivia category?  the [your suggested category here]

gregory.
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