MediaWiki editor with instant preview?

Solution 1:

Give Gwennel a try

Gwennel Web is a WYSIWYG editor for Wikipedia and other Mediawiki sites. It allows to easily edit pages without knowing the tedious wiki syntax. It runs on Windows XP, Vista or 7

Do note: the developers mention

Gwennel Web is currently in an early development process. There is a lot of missing features but is perfectly usable for most common edit tasks.

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