I would start with the VE and introduce diffs and wikitext at the end of the class as advanced stuff.
Understanding a wikitext diff is much easier than editing wikitext
Joe
On 30 July 2015 at 12:57, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
> If anyone is still running outreach editathons to try and recruit new editors, you might want to consider using visual editor.
I've considered it; and decided not to.
For one thing, when a new user sees a diff, either via a link on a
talk page, an article's history, a user's contributions, or their own
watchlist they are exposed to Wikicode, and so need a basic
understanding of how it works.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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