Forum:Are there plans for further modifications of the info templates?

I've just come to this site, after being unhappy with many other genealogical websites and programs - I think that a wiki offers the right combination of structured information, narrative information, and collaboration. This is the firsts wiki I've participated in, and have been learning how to get the most out of the info templates. There are a few places where I've come up against a dead end, and wonder whether there are either current workarounds or plans to extend the templates.
 * 1) It's frustrating having to type the same information into, say, Birth state and Birth place.  Is there a way for the latter (which appears to be used only for displaying in the infobox) be populated automatically from information entered into the more atomic entries (which appear to be needed for linking the person into categories)?  I tried using Get to create cross references within the info page, but that generated an error.
 * 2) Can Marriage be made to act more like Birth and Death (e.g., have Marriage place instead of Marriage, and the ability to use the separator key in the Show template?
 * 3) Information about second marriages seems not to be picked up by the 'Married in...' templates.  Also, there seems to be much less atomic information about second marriages than first marriages.
 * 4) Is there a way to Get just a date or just a place for, say, a birth (other than piecing together Gets of the atomic elements)?

Bruce Kendall 06:24, 1 January 2009 (UTC)