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
Any language :)
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:55 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Lila Tretikov, 29/05/2014 10:24:
- Have them send it to lila at wikimedia with the subject: #1In any language? ;)
Nemo
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Ok! I have a training session with Tec de Monterrey students doing community service on Sat. This will be part of their introduction!
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:24:33 -0700 From: lila@wikimedia.org To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Love it.
Look forward to reading the paragraphs (without identifying info) when the experiment is completed, or at some suitable point in the process. :)
Best Bishakha
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter osamadre@hotmail.com wrote:
Ok! I have a training session with Tec de Monterrey students doing community service on Sat. This will be part of their introduction!
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:24:33 -0700 From: lila@wikimedia.org To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1
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
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Thanks so much Leigh -- when you do this please let me know if it is OK to share publicly. We will be using these to learn about how to best improve the UX.
L
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter osamadre@hotmail.com wrote:
Ok! I have a training session with Tec de Monterrey students doing community service on Sat. This will be part of their introduction!
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:24:33 -0700 From: lila@wikimedia.org To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
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Lila this is a great idea! we will sent you some mails :-)
2014-05-29 21:23 GMT+02:00 Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org:
Thanks so much Leigh -- when you do this please let me know if it is OK to share publicly. We will be using these to learn about how to best improve the UX.
L
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter osamadre@hotmail.com wrote:
Ok! I have a training session with Tec de Monterrey students doing community service on Sat. This will be part of their introduction!
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:24:33 -0700 From: lila@wikimedia.org To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
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Suggestion: make this a blog post, then we have something to forward widely.
On 29 May 2014 09:24, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Sounds like a great way to get insight from our new editors :)
If video reactions are desired, I think at one point we (WMF) videoed people that had never edited before, try and edit with the source code editor, and they described their experience after. Might also be helpful in addition to this. I recall viewing it during Sue's Wikimania keynote in Hong Kong.
Steve
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On 29 May 2014, at 6:24 pm, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Here's the link to that video:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editing_makes_me_feel_stupid.ogv
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like a great way to get insight from our new editors :)
If video reactions are desired, I think at one point we (WMF) videoed people that had never edited before, try and edit with the source code editor, and they described their experience after. Might also be helpful in addition to this. I recall viewing it during Sue's Wikimania keynote in Hong Kong.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
On 29 May 2014, at 6:24 pm, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
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All,
It'd be wonderful to be able to share these stories publicly in the future. I'm going to reach out to those who have already shared their experiences with me to confirm they're comfortable with sharing. If you're not comfortable with sharing your story, or want to withhold your name, please let me know in your email. Otherwise, we will consider them public, so we can build on your experiences and share them widely!
Thank you! Lila
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Here's the link to that video:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editing_makes_me_feel_stupid.ogv
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Steven Zhang cro0016@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like a great way to get insight from our new editors :)
If video reactions are desired, I think at one point we (WMF) videoed people that had never edited before, try and edit with the source code editor, and they described their experience after. Might also be helpful
in
addition to this. I recall viewing it during Sue's Wikimania keynote in Hong Kong.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
On 29 May 2014, at 6:24 pm, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
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