[Foundation-l] Can anyone really edit Wikipedia?

[quiddity]

The latest WikipediaWeekly podcast spent some time on the need for
syntax highlighting (relating to Ben Yates' blog post).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode62
http://www.enotes.com/blogs/wikipedia/2008-09/wikipedia-needs-syntax-highlighting/

As mentioned, the Gadget "wikEd" works quite well for this. (but it is
currently for Mozilla-browsers only, and can slow down the response on
older machines. Unfortunately, the syntax highlighting is the "most
time consuming procedure".)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:WikEd_screenshot.png


There was also Magnus Manske's "less edit clutter" script that
separates the different content types, and a slew of other things.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2008-March/091978.html
http://www.magnusmanske.de/wikipedia/less_page_clutter.png


I've used both on-and-off, and hope they continue to refine and grow.

-- Quiddity