On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Adam Jenkins wrote:
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> I tried to fix this by clicking on "edit" again, but this came up with a
> warning saying that I was editing an old revision of the page. I was
> surprised, because I didn't think anyone would have had time to make any
> changes, so I chec
Most of my issues with the Visual Editor (as an experienced markup,
cite, and general template editor) have already been mentioned, but I
should mention I found (admittedly only for one of my first edits a
couple of weeks ago) that the Visual Editor touched many other
templates (IIRC it modified da
My current beef is that proper section editing is *never* going to be
implemented by the WMF because they "cannot justify using donor funds".
The status quo is that when you ask to edit one section only, it loads up
the entire page, and just locates you in the vicinity of the top of the
section you
I disagree that it is good for basic editing tasks, unless those tasks are
the simple addition of text without references, templates or media. The
problem is that it feels like an editor designed for everyone - it should
have been designed with two modes, not one. One for beginner users, with
simpl
My short opinion is that it's promising, but it clearly needs work. It is
not ready for a global go-live yet, but its deployment seems to be driven
by considerations other than whether it's ready for Production use.
The good: From my work at outreach workshops, this is by a long shot the #1
reque
Good idea: but post it on-wiki?
Tony
On 03/07/2013, at 7:04 PM, G. White wrote:
> The team working on the VE needs this feedback and is asking for it.
> Can we collate it and send it to them?
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> Whiteghost.ink
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> On 3 July 2013 18:19, Adam Jenkins wrote:
> I've been curious about it,
The team working on the VE needs this feedback and is asking for it.
Can we collate it and send it to them?
Whiteghost.ink
On 3 July 2013 18:19, Adam Jenkins wrote:
> I've been curious about it, but hadn't tried it before now. I kind-of wish
> I hadn't. I took a basic article and tried to do a
I've been curious about it, but hadn't tried it before now. I kind-of wish
I hadn't. I took a basic article and tried to do a couple of things that a
typical new editor would try.
First, I tried adding a reference to a web page for an unsourced claim.
This is particularly important to me, as I was
