Honestly speaking I'd disable Visual Editor for new users. They have a
tendency of making errors.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Jan Ainali <jan.ainali(a)wikimedia.se> wrote:
From Charles original questions I guess that he would
be satisified with
something like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&enablevisu…
which should enable the Visual Editor for users signing up through that
link. If it is possible or not to do that I have no idea.
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2013/10/15 Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net>
> 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_(technica…
> ,
> 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(a)wikimedia.org.uk
> >wrote:
> > 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(a)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(a)gmail.com>om>:
> > > > 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(a)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
> > > >>
> > > >> 1. Go to ---> Preferences --> Click Editing tab.
> > > >> 2. 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(a)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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