Hear hear.
I know this is a battle that the Foundation's engineers can't possibly win, given the circumstances which VE was moved from opt-out to opt-in on enwiki (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical..., for those who aren't aware). Turn it on, turn it off; either way someone gets upset.
From a pure technical standpoint, is it possible to put a checkbox on the
new user page or something so that new users can turn it on without having to delve deep into the untamed wilderness that is the user preferences page?
Cheers, Craig
On 15 October 2013 21:54, Richard Nevell richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
I firmly agree with that, taking a detour to preferences when training new editors isn't my preferred method.
Richard
On 15 October 2013 12:47, Ziko van Dijk vandijk@wmnederland.nl wrote:
Hello,
I think that for beginners things must be as simple and clear as possible. Make them manipulate the preferences at the beginning of the session is already complicated and a waste of time. Don't forget that beginners already have to learn so many things quickly, so the more you can reduce, the better. Actually I'd prefer to have a model wiki that looks like Wikipedia but is best suited to use in trainings.
Kind regards Ziko
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2013/10/15 Charles Andrès charles.andres.wmch@gmail.com:
Thanks, but in FR.Wikipedia.org you only have the opt-out option
(disable visual editor) :-(
Charles
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Le 15 oct. 2013 à 10:10, Enock Seth Nyamador kwadzo459@gmail.com a
écrit :
Hello Charles,
I don't think there is a way to for this in the registration process.
To enable or disable Visual Editor. Login
- Go to ---> Preferences --> Click Editing tab.
- At the bottom of Editing page, Check or uncheck the box beside
Enable VisualEditor (only in the main and user namespaces)
OR
Follow this link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing
Then repeat step 2 above.
Hope it helps.
Thanks.
Regards, Enock S. Nyamador.
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Charles Andres <
charles.andres.wmch@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
In our new education program with youngs in scholar difficulties, we
have the problem that only half of the new accounts have the visual
editor
activated, it's quite annoying to have two teach two way of editing.
Is there a trick to force the activation of Visual Editor for a
specific user?
Thanks
Charles
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