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

Fragment of a discussion from Talk:May 2011 Update

Aye, Imersion is right this is a big priority of the Foundation. You can see some of the ideas on the Product Whitepaper and the Strategic Plan (I think there is something more specific about it.. I'm going too look around ) but it's definitely a priority.

Jalexander‎19:07, 6 May 2011

Thanks for the responses. I'm very happy to hear a WYSIWYG is in the works. Allreet 21:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Allreet‎21:40, 6 May 2011

I'm also happy to hear this. I got the chance to ask Jimbo a question about this once at a talk & he said that he thought the markup was "terrible." It breaks my heart that new users might be turning away because of the complexity of markup.

Babbage‎23:32, 7 May 2011
 
 
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