Ori Livneh wrote: >The core of MediaWiki is in my mind still radical and exciting: you make >or find a page, click edit, and just type into it.
This feels like a hyper-idealized version of MediaWiki. Describe the page creation process in WordPress and then describe the page creation process in MediaWiki. The MediaWiki process is three times as long and includes three times more caveats. Now describe the category addition or removal process in WordPress and then describe the category addition or removal process in MediaWiki. Again, the MediaWiki process is three times as long and includes three times more caveats. I realize your broader point was about the radical nature of the wiki (and Wikipedia and other sites are a living testament to this idea), but to look at MediaWiki and consider it good design is pretty insane, in my opinion. No visual editor, no input validation, almost no user interface when editing other than a terrifying textarea, no clear paths for how to add a page or a category or anything else. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
