[Mediawiki-l] Apple's Wiki Server brings WYSIWYG to wiki

[Christiaan Briggs]

On 9 Aug 2006, at 2:20 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:

>> From: Christiaan Briggs <christiaan at yurkycross.co.uk>
>>
>> ... I think it's a great obstacle to participation... so to
>> increase participation I shall be ditching MediaWiki and moving to a
>> more modern wiki...
>> I don't think MediaWiki is "really is good for us".
>> I despise working with wiki markup... the *real*
>> obstacle is an installed base of technocrats who sees WYSIWYG as a
>> threat to their positions... wiki markup
>> is some kind of "intelligence" hurdle that people should have to
>> overcome before being allowed to contribute...
>
> And your point in posting this is what?

The point of posting all of what I've posted Jan to have a discussion  
about the priority of WYSIWYG in the MediaWiki project. If you're not  
interested in such a discussion then don't participate.

> Either leave silently, or put what you want into MediaWiki.

I'm a user of MediaWiki and I'm putting my point of view across to  
those who develop it. Sorry if that annoys you.

> What is the point of this incessant whining?

I'm not surprised by this sort of reaction to be honest Jan. Like I  
say many see WYSIWYG as a threat, and this sort of emotional response  
just confirms that.

Christiaan