On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:30:59 +0200, Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote:
On 22 Sep 2004, at 22:15, Sj wrote:
As for WYSIWYG editors, when Ward Cunningham was asked what one thing he would change about Wikipedia, he said "I'd throw a WYSIWYG editor in front of it". http://tinyurl.com/5kttp
You're misquoting him there, at least in the article it doesn't say so. He did say something along these lines, but -- just as a polite caveat -- I would be weary of "making up quotes". It reminds me of how
Thanks for the attention to detail, Jens. I am quite wary of making up quotes; for the very reason that they tend to live forever.
In this case, however, the quote is legit. I did the interview, I have it on tape... (checks source) Okay, now I'm slightly embarrassed, Ward didn't say "editor" :
"WQ: If there were one thing you could change about Wikipedia, what would it be?" "WC: <immediately> I'd throw a wysiwyg editing interface in front of it."
That quote (and the entire question) got cut... because WYSIWYG editors were important enough to him that he brought the subject up twice.