On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:19:46AM -0800, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:
Standard syntax is important for the entire wiki world so that as people become more accustomed to using wikis for all kinds of things, they can feel comfortable on a variety of platforms.
Another possibility is using a WYSIWYG in-browser editor, so that Wiki syntax becomes more or less a moot point.
~Evan