Great idea, in principle! But while that tutorial briefly mentions VisualEditor, most of the text seems devoted to explaining syntax for users of the wikitext editor, which nowadays isn't really the first thing that newbies need to devote time to...
How about linking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure instead? IIRC it places more emphasis on teaching other aspects. (CCing Jake in case he has thoughts on whether TWA could use a little social media attention.) On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > Tweet: > A basic tutorial on Wikipedia articles, policies and conventions. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial > > Facebook: > A basic tutorial on the style and content of Wikipedia articles, the > Wikipedia community, and important Wikipedia policies and conventions. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder > @wikipedia > The Wikimedia blog > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
