On 23 February 2015 at 10:15, Vojtěch Dostál <vojtech.dostal(a)wikimedia.cz>
wrote:
In my opinion, VE will gradually replace the old
editor and the new wave
of editors will learn to edit using VE, not the old Wiki markup system. It
won't just be a copyediting or "small edit" tool.
I think the reality of WYSIWYG systems is that they will always frustrate
advanced users. I don't think a time will come when the only wikitext
editors are bots. And, after all, looking at the wikitext of how something
is done is one good way to learn it.
Ideally, could any of the interested parties state that they intend to
write a VisualEditor training (in English) of some
sort? Same as Pine, we
do not want to wait ages for it - a two months time seems like a reasonable
period that we could wait for. If not, we will write it, and hopefully do
some translations of our texts into English if you are interested.
It is the sort of thing I would do for the WMUK Virtual Learning
Environment, as contract work, since there is a clear lead. But I don't
know if they would fund it.
Charles