could you give an example? ----- Original Message ----- From: David Gerard <[email protected]> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 23:41:59 +0100 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Wikitech-l] a wysiwyg editor for wikipedia?
> On 31 May 2010 23:37, Steve VanSlyck <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> (b) doesn't cope very well with the weirdest stuff done on English > >> Wikipedia, where wikitext is tortured horribly to squeeze out every > >> possible emergent side-effect for editor's use. > > > ????? > > > en:wp not only uses ridiculous contortions of wikitext routinely, it > seems to iteratively explore the furthest reaches of stuff that the > parser just *happens* to do then turn them into normal parts of > editing. That's why new editors hit "edit" on en:wp, are confronted > with what may as well be an uneditable binary and run away never to > hit "edit" again [*]. > > > - d. > > [*] possibly a slight exaggeration > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
