Because they are measuring different things? The first refers to newly registered editors, which the second (judging by your summary) does not.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:36 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > Robert Rohde wrote: >>... >> early evidence that VE makes new users less likely to edit [2][3] >>... >> [2] >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:VisualEditor%27s_effect_on_newly_registered_editors/Results >> [3] >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback&oldid=565381622#Some_performance_notes >>... > > [2] states: "Newcomers with the VisualEditor were ~43% less likely to > save a single edit than editors with the wikitext editor (x^2=279.4, > p<0.001), meaning that Visual Editor presented nearly a 2:1 increase > in editing difficulty." > > [3] states: > >> Change in total (daily) article edits since before VE became default on 1 >> July (comparison: 18-30 June): -4.5% >> Change in registered user article edits since before VE became default: -2.2% >> Change in anon article edits since before VE became default: -8.6% > > Both of those statistics are terrible and would strongly support > shutting the visual editor off except for opt-ins until all open bugs > including browser and mobile device coverage are addressed before > trying again. > > But why are those statistics so different? > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
