On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:29 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well, that's disconcerting - is this actually all
the edits with the
Visual Editor?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfil…
I'll have to make a point of hammering on it more ;-)
Yes the RecentChanges tag should be comprehensive.
I think part of this is due to the "opt in" nature of the tool, and the
rest is due to some well-known limitations. It doesn't yet handle
templates, images, or references very well, and it's pretty slow on English
Wikipedia still. I think the VisualEditor and Parsoid team are aware of all
these, and have work in progress or on the near-term roadmap.
One thing we could experiment with is turning on VisualEditor as the
default for new people who've just signed up. We'd need to do this
carefully with guidance from James/Trevor et. al., and with a close eye on
the conversion rate. At the very least we could run a few remote usability
tests to see if it made a positive difference or just totally confused
people. My team could perhaps tackle this as part of our work on the
"Getting Started" workflow we're presenting to newly-registered folks on
English Wikipedia.
Steven