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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Miguel writes
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><EM>in fact I
think that the origin of the problem is different: maybe an absence of a WYSIWYG
editor. In my experience, men are a bit more obsessive in their work than women,
so they don't mind if they have to remember scripts and learn to use the somehow
complex syntax required to add content in a proper way (many times a good look
for the content is enough to guarantee it won't be deleted). </EM></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I observe
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A workable
WYSIWYG MediaWiki editor is the current holy grail of the developers. The
stumbling block, as I understand it, is that no one's found a way to make
templates work with one.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">When someone
solves that problem, it will change Wikipedia and likely as not bring in more
editors. Thus the importance of addressing these issues before such an
influx.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Daniel
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