Re: [Wikimedia-l] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread Charles Andrès
Hello James, The lesson was on the french wikipedia. I was thinking that it was account specific because the first time half of the new accounts had no VE, it looks like a random issue, but yesterday it was only one for 9 account created. Actually I haven't check the browser used, as they all u

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread Samuel Klein
This would be a wonderful general feature, for setting a collection of preferences on signup. SJ On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Jan Ainali wrote: > From Charles original questions I guess that he would be satisified with > something like: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread David Gerard
On 16 October 2013 06:08, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Chris, as Ziko put it. Would you like a novice driver with a Learner's > permit to drive on a Crowded street or a High speed expressway or in a > deserted ground? > Visual Editor for newbies has caused a lot of pages to 'break' as I have >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread Risker
On 16 October 2013 07:26, Samuel Klein wrote: > This would be a wonderful general feature, for setting a collection of > preferences on signup. > > SJ > > In theory, I agree. Realistically, most new editors don't know the difference between A and B, or how it will affect their editing, so I don't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread Risker
On 16 October 2013 07:31, David Gerard wrote: > On 16 October 2013 06:08, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > wrote: > > > Chris, as Ziko put it. Would you like a novice driver with a Learner's > > permit to drive on a Crowded street or a High speed expressway or in a > > deserted ground? > > Visual Editor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread Andrew Gray
This is a really interesting idea - not just for VE but for other new-user tools as well. CCing to Steven, who's been doing some work with the signup interface - is this sort of hook technically practical? Andrew. On 15 October 2013 13:11, Jan Ainali wrote: > From Charles original questions I g

[Wikimedia-l] When was the first edit-a-thon(s)?

2013-10-16 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi everyone, I've asked a question on the new Program Evaluation & Design portal about when people think the first edit-a-thons took place. (Or the very first, if we know!) It would be great to have your input on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Parlor/Questions

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] How to force to enable Visual Editor

2013-10-16 Thread Steven Walling
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Andrew Gray wrote: > This is a really interesting idea - not just for VE but for other > new-user tools as well. > > CCing to Steven, who's been doing some work with the signup interface > - is this sort of hook technically practical? > > Andrew. > Yes, technicall

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Adventure, alpha testers needed

2013-10-16 Thread Jake Orlowitz
Hi folks! I've been working for the past 7 months on an interactive guided tour for new editors called '''The Wikipedia Adventure''', as part of a WMF Individual Engagement Grant. The game is an experiment in teaching our aspiring future editors in an educational but playful way. *This week I nee

Re: [Wikimedia-l] When was the first edit-a-thon(s)?

2013-10-16 Thread Steven Walling
On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've asked a question on the new Program Evaluation & Design portal about > when people think the first edit-a-thons took place. (Or the very first, if > we know!) > > It would be great to have your input on meta: > > https://

Re: [Wikimedia-l] When was the first edit-a-thon(s)?

2013-10-16 Thread Sarah Stierch
We've been discussing it on meta, where I'd prefer to maintain the conversation, but, I should have stated: "The first edit-a-thon or event that involved people in a room together editing Wikipedia in some type of "organized" fashion" -Sarah On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Steven Walling wrote