And this is the other big rub with static site generators... they start off as one person's strong opinions as The Right Way To Do It. And that's fine.

1. Not really 2. Get a better editor 3. Not really, or get a better editor 4. Get a better editor, implement error checking, and use HTML5 5. The idea is to use clean semantic html as the source document and stuff it into a presentation template 6. The source document is clean semantic html 7. Let's be real. 99.99999% of all static site generators are used by one person, generally technically proficient. Merge problems will only happen if you screw up. Also, most modern version control systems aren't storing deltas so merge hell isn't like it was back in the CVS era. 8. Get your non-technical people a better editor 9. Have you explained the quirks of YAML to a non-technical person in one of the Scandinavian countries like Sweden or False? 10. why isn't this formatting properly?