Every one can do the same here in wikidot.

Only the problem of inserting a "new created" template in an old existing page ( and overwriting with such pull down menu the page content ) is not so easy to solve.

Could be an easy system of "[[include template:stub]]" ( as an example) can help better ?
( the insertion is to do manually in wikipedia often too!)

2) Alphabetical ToC ( horizontal) depends:

• on the screeen size and
• on the number of section headers and
• on the length of the different headers and
• on the summary of all this in relation to the screen size..

A lot of work to do for a developer !

Some of the "items" that I've seen in Wikipedia but have been unable to find here are these:
Boilerplate Text - the "This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it" type things several can be found here. I know that each of those is made as a page individually, but am not entirely sure how I would go about making/using them here.
Alphabetical Table of Contents (horizontal) - mainly used in glossary pages or very large lists

Those are the two big items I've looked for but can't find.

I realize MediaWiki has a well established syntax but the only benefit I could use would be: there are already people that know this syntax. I (and MANY others) do not find ''italic'' anywhere as intuitive as //italic// to get italic.

There have been many proposals to replace MediaWiki syntax with sth better but apart from this I simply think that MW syntax is awful in many ways.

The last thing is that quite soon people will be able to create pages without seeing the wiki syntax at all. This will be a big step. ;-)

EDIT:
My apologies, pieterh. Reading over my reply after having posted it led me to see that it came off rather too…harsh. Please understand that I meant no offense in requesting that you "not misconstrue my words" and apologize if any was taken.

I was merely wondering why Wikidot doesn't use the MediaWiki syntax in editing. Is said coding proprietary? I am aware that the underlying structure of Wikidot was built from the ground up (courtesy of this thread), however, I'm uncertain why you, Michal, chose to create a new editing set-up, rather than use that most commonly found in wikis.

For those uncertain of what I am referring to, or who have little experience outside of Wikidot with wikis, understand that the majority of current wiki-based sites operate on the same system, that created by the Wikipedia Foundation (of Wikipedia.com): MediaWiki. MediaWiki allows a page to be formatted in a manner unique from that which Wikidot employs. For example, here at the Dot you must insert two backslashes ( // ) before and after text you wish to italicize, however, in a forum operating on the MediaWiki system you must insert two apostrophes ( '' ).
I suspect the MediaWiki system is proprietary, and thus, Wikidot is not allowed - by law - to "copy" such, however, I would like some confirmation, if possible.
If that is not the case, might I inquire why a different system of formatting is being used? Having, like most I know involved with wikis, much more experience on the MediaWiki system, I continue to create errors in my wiki by forgetting that I no longer use said formatting tags.