[Wikimedia-l] Alpha version of the VisualEditor now available on the English Wikipedia

[Nicole Ebber]

Yay! Great news, thank you so much for your outstanding work. \o/

I was just about to ask the same question as Stevie: Would you like us
to spread the word publicly or better keep it more internal/to the
community for now?

Thanks,
Nicole

On 12 December 2012 11:47, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Excellent job, James and team! I hope you don't mind me sharing the details
> on the WMUK blog.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stevie
>
> On 12 December 2012 10:34, Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Looks great! Congrats James and team!
>>
>>                                           Patricio
>>
>> 2012/12/12 Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com>:
>> > On Wednesday, 12 December 2012, Bishakha Datta wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'm just imagining how much easier it will be to do wiki workshops and
>> >> outreach sessions as this develops further.
>> >>
>> >> YES! When this is the default for new users we're going to have to
>> > re-write all the training manuals to remove many of the current
>> > wikimarkup-intensive sections. Being able to simplify the instructional
>> > guides is a very good problem to have :-) It will certainly
>> > radically decrease the amount of time we need in training workshops to
>> get
>> > people to a stage where they can go by themselves.
>> >
>> > -Liam
>> >
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