I wanted to share my first editing experience and ask for your help. Here it is:
Today I have made the first edit on English Wikipedia. As I said in my first meeting -- I believe in traveling the path of our editors, so I can better understand them and so taht we can make their experience more natural.
I have edited in private wikis before and I have edited the talk pages. I used the Visual Editor, even though I am well-versed in the syntax. I had the advantage of a very very experienced user by my side and it went pretty smooth -- so this report is not entirely fair. Even though, I did stumble in a few places, however, and this is a learning experience for me and for our team.
Overall I wish I had this on video. It is a bit like an experience of a kid making their first goal. Exhilarating.
So now I have a challenge back to you:
- Please pick a friend who has never edited before. - Ask them to make an edit. Any edit in any language. - Please have them write one paragraph about their experience. - Have them send it to lila at wikimedia with the subject: #1
Thank you!!! Lila