[Wikimedia-l] Visual Editor "temporary" opt-out

[Martijn Hoekstra]

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Richard Farmbrough <richard at farmbrough.co.uk
> wrote:

> Apparently important.  I am aware, as probably everyone is, that this is
> the first most obvious step to make article editing more accessible, and
> address certain inclusiveness goals.  I am also aware that there is no data
> to support the theory that a visual editor means more inclusive editing,
> let alone that it will result in better content.
>
> I will simply add a couple of observations.
>
> The learning curve for wikitext is one of the shallowest of any
> application.  Press edit, type in the box and press save.  If you can type
> and press edit and save (the latter two of which /are/ HMI issues IMHO) you
> can edit Wikimedia projects.
>
> Secondly, and anecdotally, most full functioned word-processors have a
> plethora of functions that are usually only known about by the same
> "tech-savvy"  group that we currently believe are at home with wiki-text.
>
> Thirdly I vividly remember my first editing experiences - I did not think
> I would /ever /be touching stuff like infoboxes and categories, but they
> made no real obstacle to editing.  (The keyboard only method of formatting
> text took seconds to understand, and saves a huge amount of time.)
>
> I would not be surprised if the /choice/ of editor turns out to be the
> reason that editing has fallen off more rather than the VE itself.


Not discrediting the rest of your email, your note about that a new editor
now has to choose  which editor he would like to use is indeed a very smart
one (the paradox of choice and all that). Has any research been done or
planned on the subject?

>
>
> On 06/08/2013 08:04, MZMcBride wrote:
>
>> I cannot and will not blame the Wikimedia Foundation for working on this
>> project. It's an important project
>>
> ...
>
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