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.
Ah. Thanks for the clarification.
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