pockets of the people who run it? I know Wordpress and
Mediawiki serve two different purposes, but that's not the point. The point is, one is
modern and user friendly (Wordpress), and the other (Mediawiki) is not. Other complaints:
There is a great difference in business models there. Wordpress and
confluence make their money out of third-party applications, WMF makes
it money out of donations to keep the Wikipedia going. It would be at
best irresponsible to use this money for sole purpose of making the
software more useful for 3d parties.. If the 3rd parties are willing to
pay a developer or donate money to make MediaWiki more user friendly
(like has happened with the usability initiative) that is fine, but do
not ask core developers or even volunteers to put any work into this.
Cheers, r.