I started [Emacs Wiki|http://www.emacswiki.org/], I run [Community Wiki|http://www.communitywiki.org/], I maintain [Oddmuse|http://www.oddmuse.org/], and I have a [blog|http://www.emacswiki.org/alex/].

When I implemented the [Oddmuse] extension for Creole Markup, I added notes to all the talk pages where I felt the next revision of the recommendation should be more precise.

My position statement on Creole 0.3:

* Not happy with simple tables, because we're picking the least popular variant, and introducing extra markup for headers and linebreaks inside cells.

My position statement on Creole 0.2:

* {{{**bold**}}} and {{{//italics//}}} -- supported, including nesting and spanning lines but not paragraphs. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png
* {{{* unordered lists}}} -- supported, but requiring a space after the {{{*}}} should part of the recommendation so that people can start paragraphs with bold words. That would be much better than the special case introduced. [http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Creole0.2#section-Creole0.2-Lists] http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/evil.png  (CS: We agreed at the workshop not to require spaces, because many users do not put a space after a bullet.)
* {{{# ordered lists}}} -- supported, but requiring a space after the {{{#}}} should part of the recommendation for consistency with the unordered list markup. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/indifferent.png
* Nested lists are usually not needed except for table of contents and other sort of dynamically assembled hierarchical data; repeating the list item character is not intuitive, using whitespace intuitive. Mixed nested lists add to the difficulties. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/sad.png (CS: Kept nested lists (sublevels of lists) in 0.1, but removed mixed lists (i.e. mixing ordered and unordered lists in one structure) from Creole 0.1.  Will continue discussion for Creole 0.2.)
* List items can span lines but not paragraphs. Empty lines between list items is are allowed. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png 
* {{{== headings}}} -- supported, but the recommendation should only require three different different heading levels. More levels should be optional.  http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/indifferent.png (CS:Good idea!  Added your recommendation to Creole 0.1.)
* {{{[[links]]}}} -- supported. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png
* {{{ {{image}} / {{image|text}} }}} -- supported. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png
* Paragraphs, linebreaks -- supported. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png
* {{{~{{{Preformatted & unprocessed~}}}}}} -- supported as follows: If the opening triple braces start on the first column, open a pre block. It is closed by closing triple braces starting on the first column. Any other opening triple braces open a code element. They are closed by tripple braces. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png
* {{{----}}} -- supported. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/smile.png
* {{{<<x>>}}} -- irrelevant. http://www.emacswiki.org/pics/dead.png

Thanks for all your hard work!  --[Chuck Smith] (CS)

Some comments by [Martin Budden]:
# I agree with Alex's point that a space after the {{{*}}} for unordered lists should be part of the recomendation. A simple rule makes things easier for users, even if it means they initially have to remember to put a space after the {{{*}}}. I've noticed that most users tend to do this anyway.
# Likewise for ordered lists.
-- [Martin Budden] 2006-12-06