"Opt-in" as in turn on the setting in your preferences, as shown at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing where the Extension:VisualEditor [1] is available on the wiki in question (see [[Special:Version]]). I didn't dig though I would think that the list for deployment would be in the roadmap or a close link. [2]
Regards, Billinghurst [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/status Regards, Billinghurst On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:02:35 +0100, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > I think by opt-in, James means that any user from any Wikipedia can opt > themselves in from Thursday onwards. Is that correct? > Deryck > > On 22 April 2013 07:14, Nasir Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Is it possible to include bn (Bengali Wikipeda) in the list ? i want to >> start the test earlier :) >> >> * >> -- >> **Nasir Khan Saikat* <http://profiles.google.com/nasir8891> >> www.nasirkhn.com >> >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Nicole Ebber <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > Hey, >> > >> > The VisualEditor is going to be deployed in an opt-in version to >> > several >> > Wikipedias on Thursday next week. >> > >> > I am planning to hold a BarCamp session this afternoon in the Milan to >> > discuss how chapters can support or facilitate a community >> > communication >> > and feedback process in this regards. >> > >> > So anyone interested in this topic is welcome to join! >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Nicole Ebber >> > International Affairs >> > >> > http://wikimedia.de >> > >> > All, >> > >> > TL;DR: VisualEditor will be deployed on 14 new Wikipedias next week as >> > an >> > opt-in alpha. Your assitance is requested to inform your wikis about >> > this >> > and help get the software translated. >> > >> > Next week (on 25 April) we are going to deploy the alpha opt-in version >> of >> > the VisualEditor to some non-English Wikipedias in the same way that it >> > has been on the English Wikipedia since December 2012. >> > >> > This will let users get familiar with the VisualEditor, give us >> > feedback >> > on what works and what is broken, and help us prioritise further work >> > ahead of the planned deployment as a 'default' editor for all users >> > which >> > we intend to do in a few months' time. >> > >> > Due to a number of issues we have been unable to release VisualEditor >> > to >> > non-English wikis until now, and we would very much like to get some >> great >> > feedback from as many wikis as possible - especially for extended >> > Unicode >> > and RTL languages, but also other languages. Does the VisualEditor work >> in >> > your language? Does it gel with your wiki's workflow? >> > >> > The initial languages we want to target are the "top 10" Wikipedias by >> way >> > of scale - de, nl, fr, it, ru, es, sv, pl, ja - plus selected others to >> > help us discover issues we anticipate: ar, he, hi, ko, zh. These will >> > let >> > us test most of the locales we are concerned about. If this goes well, >> > we >> > hope to deploy the opt-in alpha to all Wikipedias. >> > >> > Please tell your wiki colleagues that this is coming, especially if >> > your >> > wiki is in this list! Additionally, you can see how fully-translated >> > the >> > software is into your language in the stats at TranslateWiki.Net[0] - >> > please encourage wiki colleagues to help translate the messages ahead >> > of >> > the deployment! >> > >> > As a note, we have just updated the VisualEditor integration so that >> > the >> > "Edit" tab goes to VisualEditor, and there is an "Edit source" tab to >> > go >> > to the wikitext editor. >> > >> > This change (which affects the English Wikipedia opt-in deployment and >> > MediaWiki.org as well as the new deployments mentioned above) moves the >> > way that VisualEditor integrates with the wiki's workflow to be closer >> > to >> > how it will appear when it is the 'default' editor. It is still easy to >> > use the wikitext editor if that is what you want to do - the "Edit >> source" >> > tab (at least for now) will be "above the fold" and not in the >> > drop-down >> > menu on Vector. >> > >> > Happy to answer any questions you might have! >> > >> > Yours, >> > -- >> > James D. Forrester >> > Product Manager, VisualEditor >> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. >> > >> > [email protected] | @jdforrester >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
