https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/196532/ proposes changing output of images in PHP parser to use <figure>, thus moving parser output closer to Parsoid's semantic markup.
But, based on discussion, it seemed better to get word about this: why this is a good thing to do, what are the implications on tools and scripts out there, how to fix them, etc.
Please share a draft (link to etherpad / google docs, whatever) for others to comment on.
So I remember:
(11:10:56 AM) gwicke: cscott: btw, <figure> will need a small tweak to work in IE 6-8
(11:11:10 AM) gwicke: as in "won't be dropped in the parser"
(11:12:10 AM) gwicke: since we'll style those figures it's important to preserve them, but it's 1-2 lines of JS to register those tags
(11:22:18 AM) cscott-free: document.createElement('figure'), I believe, right?
@Arlolra I reassigned this since you've been working on this code. Notices about these changes have gone out as part of SoS but we should do a clear announcement once closer to when this is going to actually be done. Maybe the RFC process is it, but, one way or other, this change needs to be communicated.
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@Arlolra the mailing list message says "This will be included in Tech News", but I do not see it when searching the archives. Is this planned?
Edit: Sorry, disregard, looks like it *was* mentioned and I just missed it.