A
WikiEngine that allows users to use the richness of HTML markup, instead of a metalanguage
(Isn't 'pidgin' more appropriate?).
I think that this is the
SimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork for many people, because I find it difficult to remember the syntax of each wiki that I come across.
I think it would be a good idea to have a simple form of
MarkUp for beginners or users in a hurry though - something as minimal as adding paragraph and line breaks. In fact, this is the next feature that I'll implement in my wiki.
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AlanDavies
How about BBcode? It's the markup used in a lot of message boards. AnswerMe
Is there anything other than phpBB that uses BBcode ?
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/faq.php?mode=bbcode
BBcode looks like a small subset of HTML, with square brackets [] instead of angle brackets <>.
Some
WikiEngines (such as
InterFlow) do allow full HTML markup.
There are also some
AlternativeTextFormattingRules.
But see
WhyDoesntWikiDoHtml
.