On 24/07/06, maru dubshinki marudubshinki@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think specialists are the answer here; just like for verifiability, this is too big a task to be feasible for a small group of people, since just about every article could use a better "structure". What is needed is a better general awareness, and perhaps tools. For example, if the edit window is a part of the problem, then why not have the window auto-resize to fit the screen, instead of a fixed width and height? Or perhaps we could bring it to people's attention that the size of the edit box is customizable? &etc.
A few suggestions like these are floating around at the moment that may affect the edit screen. The whole <ref> and upcoming Semantic additions are leading to quite cluttered views. It has been suggested that we add syntax highlighting features including hiding some elements as per preferences (with options running from all WikiSyntax to just <ref>).
I suggest an alternate "paragraph" view may be quite useful where the article appears as it does to the normal reader except the editor is able to drag blocks of text (paragraphs), infoboxes and images around and drop them where they are better suited. Perhaps they could then double click on one of these elements to edit it. This may lead to a rise in aesthetic and paragraphing editing which is needed. One problem is that it would probably take a lot of work.