Last modified: 2014-03-01 00:14:49 UTC
If someone is starting to type a normal bullet list. It could be nice to automatically make it a real list instead of flashing a warning. Also perhaps similar for numbered lists
This is standard behaviour in at least LibreOffice Writer and I think Microsoft Word too, so it's likely this will be attempted by people who have no knowledge of what wikitext is.
en.wp user Ruud Koot comments: "People have come to expect certain things of a WYSIWIG editor: when I input a bulleted list by starting my line with an asterisk (ironically, just as you would in the source editor), the editor should automatically convert this to a proper bulleted list; [...] Microsoft Word provides exactly this kind of functionally. For an experienced editor like me, having to using my mouse to click a toolbar button takes more time than inputting this in the source editor. A novice editor, who likely is experienced with Microsoft Work, might expect the editor to be this intelligent and not even recognize the toolbar buttons for what they are."
