On 10/31/2011 10:09 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Robin McCain, 31/10/2011 17:20:
We must also remember that the wiki edit
interface and markup can be a
little intimidating to a newbie, so opening an edit window and making no
changes may be more common than we think. Are there any stats on this?
Yes, it was
something like 70 % of "edit" clicks are not followed by
save. It's difficuilt to tell how many of those were people (or even
stupid bots) looking for the source text.
For me, the most common reason why an
"edit" click is not followed by a
"save" is because I end up not having the time to complete the work, or
the edit I had in mind becomes more complicated than I thought
(sometimes the latter partly explains the former). To put it
idiomatically, it's a reaction to biting off more than I can chew.
That may not be entirely typical, but in the sense of "editing proved
more difficult than anticipated" it probably explains many abortive
attempts at editing. I suppose it's been suggested before, but I think
more fine-grained section editing capability, so you can simply
highlight any portion of an article and open an edit window for just
that portion, could be helpful.
--Michael Snow