As an editor in wikitext, I can use the usual tools to assist me with formatting and special characters and templates, so that my experience matches the current system.
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Edit-tools:
http://i.imgur.com/E4riuUY.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RefToolbar
(Which combines the global
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor
plus Enwiki's additional "Citation" widget
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0 )
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert
(Special characters. This shows if the browser has javascript on. It has clickable text and drop-down menus for other sets.
For browsers without javascript, there's a plain text version, allowing them to copy and paste. (You'll need to view source, or view without javascript, to see it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Edittools )
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