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

Hi Sue. I've never seen that, so I guess I tweaked my interface. If I did, I have no recall of how I did it, or how to fix it, or what "Vector" is, or... But anyway, even if there is a wizard with macros for generating the markup, the problem as I see it isn't generating the markup -- it's the markup itself.

Here's a dramatization of the conundrum, as I see it:

A potential new editor's reaction to markup is dominated by the complexity of the markup, not the availability of tools for generating the markup.

Yeah, the solution needs to go beyond macros, shortcuts, and buttons. It has to go into full "WYSIWYG" mode. I know that takes time.

Babbage, your image is hilarious: I posted copies around the office. Yes, you and RandomRan are correct: we need the Visual Editor (WYSIWYG). The cite tool's just a short-term workaround which fixes one particularly annoying problem.