Thread:Project:Support desk/Why is this software so complicated?/reply (2)

You're right, MediaWiki is complicated to use. The quality of the help guides is inconsistent, editing config files directly rather than using a GUI is counter-intuitive, extending MediaWiki is a pain, and Wiki-markup drives away potential editors in droves.

However, there are some very good extensions, the most comprehensive being Bluespice. It has a comprehensive feature list (including a very good WYSIWYG editor) and since I installed it on my work wiki, editor retention is much higher.