Does anyone else think the complexity of the markup is an explanation declining editorship?

Ummm... well... I must accept that I am rather puzzled by the format. I certainly avoid using more than a few percent of its features, let alone its conventions. Given the sheer volume of published material I am intimidated by the thought of replacing it, but I also am wondering about what to put in its place; A Latex dialect? HTMLtidy?

What I really am worried about is that someone will get the bit between his teeth and do something rash. At least the current system works; what is the gusrantee that any new option

will work at all

will work on all platforms

will meet all Wiki needs

will be future-proof (yeah, yeah, I know! But still...)

Rash changes are already happening. Some benighted IT-specialist changed the sorting of categories: lots and lots of work down the drain, and a lot of new categories to be created (software specialists should not be allowed to work unsupervised: logic is the enemy of knowledge). - Brya 16:49, 7 May 2011 (UTC)