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== Syntax - Mathematical Expression - Coding Examples ==
More than 15 years ago looking at coding of mathematical expression in Wikipedia with the background of Computer Science (parsers, compiler theory, ...) I perceived the mix of XML-tags for the MATH-tag and LaTeX inside the XML-tag as big technical challenge while the rest had a simple Markdown like notation for the source text editor. Now I can appreciate those decisions:
* '''user-centric approach''' Editors are used to LaTeX for mathematical expression in their work, so for a least a part of the community members it is much more convenient to uses the source code editor even if WYSIWYG editors are available. 
* '''interoperability''' - Web libraries like [[w:MathJax|MathJax]], [https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/texmaths-1 TexMath extension] for LibreOffice use LaTeX, so it allows interoperability for creative commons content.
* '''Code chunks in Wikipedia''' [[Knitr|KnitR package]] or [[Project Jupyter|Jupyter]] notebook use syntax mix, to create executable code that calculates the values of mathematical expressions while there is syntax highlighting for programming code that shows equivalent code for processing mathematical expression (e.g. [[numerical analysis]])
Now I see a transformation away from the MATH-tags towards a template driven rendering of mathematical expressions. Is there a best practice or are there recommendations/proposals how to keep coding examples and corresponding mathematical expression in MATH-tags in sync with the syntax highlighting tags to be displayed on Wikipedia article?--[[User:Bert Niehaus|Bert Niehaus]] ([[User talk:Bert Niehaus|talk]]) 09:03, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

:This sounds like a topic for [[WT:WikiProject Mathematics]]. For the last discussion, see [[WT:WikiProject Mathematics/Archive/2025/Dec#HTML vs LaTeX]]. [[User:Preimage|Preimage]] ([[User talk:Preimage|talk]]) 11:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
:If a math formula is added in the visual editor (Insert > Math), then it will use {{tag|math}}. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 04:13, 19 March 2026 (UTC)