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You could say that MediaWiki has a strange markup language, but it is workable because Wikipedia is so popular. MediaWiki is effectively the wiki standard. Anyb
by burfog 8y ago
You could say that MediaWiki has a strange markup language, but it is workable because Wikipedia is so popular. MediaWiki is effectively the wiki standard. Anybody who has played with Wikipedia has encountered the syntax.
- Kim_Bruning 8y agoPeople still think mediawiki needs markup language, but you can also edit using wysiwyg. For hysterical raisins, english wikipedia has this feature turned off (but as an opt-in feature) , but eg the german wikipedia has this feature as an either-or option. Here's the german wikipedia featured article in edit mode https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannstra%C3%9Fe_(Berlin-Neuk%C3%B6lln)?veaction=edit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannstra%C3%9Fe_(Berlin-Neu... Just click in the text and start editing! :-) (just remember to NOT commit your test changes . -unless you happen to write coherent German :-) )
- Kim_Bruning 8y agoHang on a minute! Of course I can direct-link to english wikipedia editing too; here you go: If you prefer english, here's a direct-link to editing todays front-page article on en.wikipedia. Once again, don't actually commit unless you're doing something useful. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Cascades_National_Park&veaction=edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Cascades_Na... The above is fairly safe, but if you feel a bit nervous; here's a sandbox page that is completely safe to edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Sandbox&veaction=edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Sandbox&vea...