Talk:List of HTML editors

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This page has a nomenclature problem. A WYSIWYG page layout or site design program is not, technically, an "HTML editor" since that class of software is generally incapable of actually editing existing HTML code (it can generate HTML by exporting a proprietary format to HTML format, but generally can't open and edit an existing document). While HTML can be edited with any plain text editor, text editors are not really HTML editors since they lack tools specifically geared toward the handling of code (although there are notable exceptions). Word processors are also not HTML editors, often having more in common with WYSIWYG products. So...either this list should be pared down extensively, or we need to question its purpose and value. What is the purpose of this list, and is it worth keeping? Or should it be retitled? Canonblack 22:27, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Added HotDog (note the capitalisation) to the Text/HTML editors section. At some time I'll flesh out the stub with some details. Wont be too hard used to work on it. --goon 10:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

could soneone make a table of

• .1 General information
• .2 Operating system support
• .3 Editor features
• .4 Web technology support
• .5 Image format support

jsut a suggestion 23:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The point of the list, I believe, is to list the articles about relevant software that exist within Wikipedia. The comparison you are asking for would be a "Comparison" article such as has already been proposed within the HTML editors article. It would not be this article, which serves a different purpose. Canonblack 21:44, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] With articles?

The para at the top of the list says this is a list of editors "with articles", yet about half of the entries are redlined. Should the redline entries be removed, or should the para be rewritten? [EDIT] I'm just going to remove them, and if that's a bad thing, we can revert the change. [EDIT] I've also removed the section, "Web-based editors", because all of the links therein were redlined. Canonblack 21:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

These changes are very drastic and I don't like them myself. The page should really be a full list of HTML editors and quite a few have been added in recent weeks. A red-lined link should prompt somebody to write an article about it, it should not be deleted just because of that. As it happens the HTML editors page is so limited in its scope and biased towards just a few editors (all WYSIWYG) so is not a replacement. Such a change should certainly have been done through the normal Wikipedia discussion process, not just foisted on us like this. And Canonblack are you the same chap as 12.22.250.4 who actually did most of the changes? Dsergeant 06:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

You are completely missing my point. The opening paragraph states that this is a list of editors with articles in Wikipedia; if there is an editor in the list that is a redlink, then it doesn't have an article in Wikipedia. Therefore, it should be removed. I didn't create the list. If it's the consensus that this should be a list of all editors that exist or have ever existed, then why does the opening paragraph state that this is a list of editors with articles in Wikipedia? I note that someone (probably you) has gone in and replaced several of the redlinked editors. As for "foisting" anything on you, I was making a bold change as invited by the Wikipedia user guidelines in accordance with making the list fall into what appeared to be its stated purpose. If you disagree, then revert the edits. I did offer the idea openly as you can plainly see above. I didn't "foist" anything on anyone. And the HTML Editors article isn't meant to be a replacement for this. This list is meant to augment that article, and its content was broken off from it to shorten the original article's length. Canonblack 19:29, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

No I had not misunderstood your point. But I would suggest that instead of removing all the redlinked articles you changed the opening paragraph to remove 'with articles in Wikipedia'. It SHOULD be a fairly comprehensive list of HTML editors and those without current WP articles should have them added later, just like everything else on WK works. No it wasn't me who added those extra ones, the ones I added recently already had articles or I wrote them myself so they were already blue links. I am surprised nobody else has commented on this drastic change.Dsergeant 06:38, 24 October 2006 (UTC)