[Foundation-l] We're not just here to run a hideously popular andexpensive website, after all

[David Gerard]

On 05/03/2008, effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another main barrier that has to be lowered is the software... That is I
>  think one of the main issues that prevents a *lot* of people from editing.
>  Today I heard from a prominent Wikimedian "I wouldn't dare to send a teacher
>  to the English Wikipedia. He would get totally lost." indicating all the
>  templates that are being used, not even mentioning the not-nice attitude
>  that is normal with regards to sources etc (which might be necessary, but
>  are throwing up a barrier, especially as the reference system is so
>  complicated and makes things look even more like computer coding)...


This is why an even slightly usable WYSIWYG editor would be such a
good thing to add. Unfortunately, the bar for "even slightly usable"
is fairly high given what wikitext on a Wikipedia tends to look like
...


- d.