HTML or Alternate markup for wiki site?

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In choosing an editor for my wiki-like site, I'm debating whether to allow HTML or a custom alternate markup (maybe like wikipedia/wikimedia's or BBCode).

HTML benefits:

Easy for users to deal with (copying and pasting, learning)
Somewhat future proof
Many more editing tools available, usually WYSIWYG too

Alternate markup benefits:

On the server side I don't have to worry about parsing malicious javascript or styles or HTML that I don't allow
Can be easy to learn
Can be easier to decipher if not HTML-savvy

Am I missing something, what's the best solution?

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