On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Richard Farmbrough <richard(a)farmbrough.co.uk
wrote:
Apparently important. I am aware, as probably
everyone is, that this is
the first most obvious step to make article editing more accessible, and
address certain inclusiveness goals. I am also aware that there is no data
to support the theory that a visual editor means more inclusive editing,
let alone that it will result in better content.
I will simply add a couple of observations.
The learning curve for wikitext is one of the shallowest of any
application. Press edit, type in the box and press save. If you can type
and press edit and save (the latter two of which /are/ HMI issues IMHO) you
can edit Wikimedia projects.
Secondly, and anecdotally, most full functioned word-processors have a
plethora of functions that are usually only known about by the same
"tech-savvy" group that we currently believe are at home with wiki-text.
Thirdly I vividly remember my first editing experiences - I did not think
I would /ever /be touching stuff like infoboxes and categories, but they
made no real obstacle to editing. (The keyboard only method of formatting
text took seconds to understand, and saves a huge amount of time.)
I would not be surprised if the /choice/ of editor turns out to be the
reason that editing has fallen off more rather than the VE itself.
Not discrediting the rest of your email, your note about that a new editor
now has to choose which editor he would like to use is indeed a very smart
one (the paradox of choice and all that). Has any research been done or
planned on the subject?
On 06/08/2013 08:04, MZMcBride wrote:
I cannot and will not blame the Wikimedia
Foundation for working on this
project. It's an important project
...
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