I suppose WMUK's learning environment is not something other language
editions can profit from, right?

I still strongly prefer the Wikipedia:Training toolkit.

best regards

Vojtěch Dostál

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2015-02-23 12:06 GMT+01:00 Charles Matthews <[email protected]
>:

>
> On 23 February 2015 at 10:15, Vojtěch Dostál <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> In my opinion, VE will gradually replace the old editor and the new wave
>> of editors will learn to edit using VE, not the old Wiki markup system. It
>> won't just be a copyediting or "small edit" tool.
>>
>
> I think the reality of WYSIWYG systems is that they will always frustrate
> advanced users. I don't think a time will come when the only wikitext
> editors are bots. And, after all, looking at the wikitext of how something
> is done is one good way to learn it.
>
>
> Ideally, could any of the interested parties state that they intend to
>> write a VisualEditor training (in English) of some sort? Same as Pine, we
>> do not want to wait ages for it - a two months time seems like a reasonable
>> period that we could wait for. If not, we will write it, and hopefully do
>> some translations of our texts into English if you are interested.
>>
>
> It is the sort of thing I would do for the WMUK Virtual Learning
> Environment, as contract work, since there is a clear lead. But I don't
> know if they would fund it.
>
> Charles
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