Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33168089-20170821015513/@comment-168424-20170918174949

Kirkburn wrote: FWIW, I would like to restate that this is an unfinished, on-going experiment that we welcome feedback on - and even if it has a degree of success, that does not mean it's something that would suddenly get rolled out everywhere. We certainly do not deny how useful wikitext can be, but we do want to test whether there are other, more data-driven and potentially friendlier, ways of creating wikis.

Having a great editor for anons and new users is a good idea, but if it cripples or frustrates the most productive contributors, it is a net bad idea. Anons and new users may have enthusiasm at points, but the most dedicated and productive users rarely can rely on a pseudo WYSIWYG editor.