At enwiki, we have similar results. [1] For example "VisualEditor, as currently deployed, is a useful feature" ( 5 Support, 37 Oppose )
Even though most users believe VisualEditor is nonetheless a good idea "VisualEditor is a good idea in theory" ( 54 Support, 5 Oppose, 5 Neutral ) Taken in context with the various comments in other forums (such as WP:VE/F), the fact that 1300 enwiki users have enabled a gadget to remove VE, and the early evidence that VE makes new users less likely to edit [2][3], and I think one would also see a majority of enwiki participants voting in favor of turning the thing off. Somehow I don't think the WMF would actually let enwiki go back to an opt-in mode, but I do believe that a majority of the editors likely to participate in such polls would support that at present. Of course, this deployment is clearly being run in a top-down fashion without much effort to determine whether the various communities involved feel the software is ready. -Robert Rohde [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/RFC [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 On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I found the vote to be a poll here: > http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Opinielokaal#Tijdelijk_uitschakelen_visuele_tekstverwerker > (some > 50 people voted in favor of hiding the visual editor from all editors). > Romaine seems (I only scanned it quickly) to have summarized the gist of > the atmosphere correctly. To be totally clear: the poll is to make the > visual editor *invisible*, with an opt-in for testing purposes. I am > assuming this was to be achieved through either not rolling it out on > nlwiki, or through js/css. > > I must say I find especially this email very unspecific with regards to > what would exactly be the problems. The poll gives more specific examples > (although I myself don't really agree this weighs against the advantages, > clearly for many they are significant enough). > > Best, > Lodewijk > > > 2013/7/22 Samuel Klein <[email protected]> > >> Hello Romaine, >> >> Speaking only for myself, I appreciate detailed feedback like this. >> Could you link to the local votes and today's discussion? >> >> SJ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
