The transition to a WYSIWYG editor might even cause a great influx in
vandalism and other unproductive edits. While apparent vandalism can be
dealt with quickly, however, the increase in the amount of subtle vandalism
would be palpable.
A not-so-easy wiki syntax acts as an deterrent against generally
non-productive editors, who by far outnumber the productive ones. However,
an advanced user of the internet who is concerned about the quality and the
authenticity of the content would make an effort towards trying to
understand the syntax in order to contribute to it. It's not
rocket-science, for god's sake. ;-)
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
My experience is exactly opposite. I know so many
school students (not
post-doc) who are contributing to wikipedia in a very big way. I have given
demo to some school children and they have grasped the syntaxes very easily.
It is not the education, but the willingness to contribute and share
knowledge matters in Wikipedia type of projects.
Personally I feel Media wiki use simple wiki syntaxes (I am not talking
about the comples templates) and anyone who has genuine interest can easily
learn it.
Shiju Alex
On 3/11/08, Ravi shankar <ravidreams_03(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Leaving aside the wikiquette and formailities,
the mediawiki software
itself makes it tough for newcomers. Even one Post-Doc friend of mine could
not figure out the simplest wiki syntax! People are more comfortable with
WYSWYG editors. I had been watching wikipedia for last 3 years. MediaWiki
has hardly shown any improvement in usability and interface. It's time more
developers put in more effort in improving ease of using media wiki. Other
free software around the same time frame have improved dramatically.
Thanks
Ravi
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