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

Fragment of a discussion from Talk:May 2011 Update

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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