[Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: "Big data" benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

[Richard Farmbrough]

Of course any effort to make article source more readable meets with 
opposition - in the case of references in particular.  And not only from 
those who cite CITEVAR legitimately, but from at least one admin who 
will block for putting references in numerical order.  These are the 
sorts of things which would not have lasted long in (admittedly slightly 
mythical) Good Old Days

On 04/01/2013 15:48, David Gerard wrote:
> I spent idle time in the holiday week working on [[:en:OpenOffice]]. 
> Wikitext is just awful these days, particularly in an article like 
> that where every assertion needs and has a cite. Anyone who thinks 
> wikitext is just fine for the job, I urge you to click "edit" and 
> contemplate fixing the guacamole you see before you. Sure hope the 
> visual editor makes managing references on an article like that 
> easier. - d. _______________________________________________ 
> Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: 
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l