[Wikimedia-l] Let's have the courage to sit down and talk about VisualEditor

[rupert THURNER]

Am 31.07.2013 15:07 schrieb "Risker" <risker.wp at gmail.com>:
>
> On 31 July 2013 08:36, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 31 July 2013 10:59, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> de:wp convinced you. What would it take to convince you on en:wp?
(I'm
> > >> asking for a clear objective criterion here. If you can only offer a
> > >> subjective one, please explain how de:wp convinced you when en:wp
> > >> hasn't.)
> >
> > > Hi David, i am editing on dewp and enwp. I consider myself an
experienced
> > > editor, but not an expert. I did not participate voting in dewp, but i
> > like
> > > to try ve from time to time. Beeing a software developper I fully
support
> > > eriks arguments before. Imo pragmatic and flexible decisions help such
> > > development a lot, just like Erik explained.
> >
> >
> > Certainly. However, it's the obvious question to ask, and a curious
> > question to spend several paragraphs not answering.
> >
> > Erik, James - how did de:wp convinced you when en:wp hasn't?
> >
> >
> >
> I would also like to see a direct answer to David's very specific
> question.
>
>From a software developers standpoint its nice to have the 2 biggest wikis
following a different strategy. Enwp is enough to get a lot of testers. But
some accommodation of the users comes with it. Switching over wpde later
gets again not accommodated and more critical feedback.