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.