> There's a "note" template bundled with ikiwiki already.
>
> --[[smcv]]
+
+>> I think you mean the `htmlize` hook, as I cannot find any `htmlize`
+>> plugin.. That said, yeah, i understand the limitations of Ikiwiki
+>> here. I guess that the [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive is a
+>> good workaround, but it's not really shorter to write:
+>>
+>> \[[!template id=warning text="Do as I say, not as I do."]]
+>>
+>> than to write:
+>>
+>> [[!format txt """<div class="warning">Do as I say, not as I do.</div>"""]]
+>>
+>> ... in fact, it's actually longer. So short of allowing arbitrary
+>> classes *and* fenced blocks, I don't think this can go much
+>> further.
+>>
+>> We *could*, however, import the admonition styles from MoinMoin
+>> directly. It would involve importing 5 icons from MoinMoin and
+>> creating associated styles. Is that something you would be open to?
+>>
+>> --[[anarcat]]
+
+>> Looking more at the MoinMoin images, the source (and license!) for
+>> them is not quite clear, so they don't make such great targets for
+>> inclusion. They are, nevertheless, included in Debian so presumably
+>> they are DFSG-friendly? The copyright file marks them as "UNKNOWN"
+>> which is worrisome... I have found the following results about them:
+>>
+>> * [admon-warning.png][] seems to be [public domain according to this sketchy site][]
+>> * [admon-note.png][] seems to have a [source in XFCE][], as part of
+>> the notes plugin
+>> * [admon-tip.png][] is used in the Debian release notes, so is
+>presumably fine as well [source there](https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/images/note.png)
+>> * [admon-important.png][], same, [important.png](https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/images/important.png)
+>> * [admon-caution.png][] can be found in Mediawiki as well, which is
+>> a good source of icons. According to Debian, some are public domain,
+>> some are LGPL (!?). In MediaWiki itself, the source of that file is
+>> lost in the mists of time.
+>>
+>> Even though there is some confusion about the source of those
+>> images, I think, in good faith, that they can be generally be
+>> considered reusable. --[[anarcat]]
+
+[public domain according to this sketchy site]: http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/download/tango_process_stop_115912.html
+[source in XFCE]: http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin/tree/data/icons/scalable/xfce4-notes-plugin.svg
+[admon-warning.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-warning.png
+[admon-note.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-note.png
+[admon-tip.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-tip.png
+[admon-important.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-important.png
+[admon-caution.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-caution.png
+
+Update: I have made a [[plugins/contrib/admonition]] plugin for this
+purpose, as a patch. Hopefully it will be mergeable here? Here's a
+screenshot of what the help page would look like, to give you an idea
+of the results:
+
+<img src="http://paste.anarc.at/snaps/snap-2016.04.15-18.07.39.png" />