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>
