in reply to Wiki-Style syntax for posting
Actually, although I am not endorcing BBcode, most forums have some simple buttons over their textarea that allows easy access to bold, italics, url, code, etc. Updating the input interface to support such buttons might allow users less familiar with html to make nicely formatted posts.
On the other hand, if you cannot pick up some small bits of syntax as a programmer....
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