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

Fragment of a discussion from Talk:May 2011 Update

"IU"? Hm. A good example of why folks are turned off. Let's see . . . ah, I know! IU=IntraUterine! But what does that have to do with Wikipedia? Or WP, as we call it? Oh, by the way, what does "Bump this thread" mean? Questioningly, your pal,

GeorgeLouis‎05:27, 11 May 2011
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