On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <vitalif(a)yourcmc.ru> wrote:
Improving usability is good, but targetting at people
who don't want to be "technically proficient" (emphasis: DON'T WANT TO
BE, not just "ARE NOT") and just want to press a magic button and
"that's all" is not good.
I strongly disagree, as does community consensus on this point.
There are barriers we need to have between would-be editors and the
content - such as basic competence in the language, lack of conflict
of interest, willingness to be a participant in shared editing
processes. Technically, the presence of a web browser is a legitimate
barrier, but the "learn wikitext or else" one is bogus.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com