Tell the communities that the 2017 wikitext editor is available for testing as a Beta Feature.
- ML/Newsletter etc. definitely.
- Blog post possibly.
Tell the communities that the 2017 wikitext editor is available for testing as a Beta Feature.
Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
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Open | None | T132023 VisualEditor support for editing inside CollaborationKit | |||
Open | Feature | None | T138636 Allow using VisualEditor on Special:MassMessage | ||
Open | None | T138642 VisualEditor should provide a clean integrated VE/WT editor widget that can be integrated into any context | |||
Open | None | T130400 (Actually) Add wikitext support for citoid for automatic reference insertion | |||
Open | None | T90864 Help VisualEditor users find the wikitext "Save" button | |||
Open | None | T171974 Improve and consolidate our unified editing platform so that it's great on all devices | |||
Open | None | T104479 Provide a modern wikitext editor | |||
Resolved | Jdforrester-WMF | T141149 Provide a Beta Feature of a modern wikitext editor integrated into the visual editor | |||
Resolved | • Elitre | T142486 Start an info page about the New Wikitext Editor | |||
Resolved | • Whatamidoing-WMF | T142645 Announce the new 2017 wikitext editor | |||
Resolved | Esanders | T145417 CREDIT showcase for the 2017 wikitext editor |
I think a recorded Tech Talk focusing on demoing the product would be very useful. An IRC office hour when most people haven't seen or used the new editor probably less so.
The current version can be seen via Beta Features at https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures
Enable the "new wikitext editor" item, go to http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/World?action=edit (for example) and see what it looks like when you switch back and forth.
This has been mentioned in the October newsletter: T148215: Write October 2016 newsletter for VisualEditor
Elitre's busy breaking the multilingual script's translation limits on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Newsletter/2016/October
So far, 25 translations have been started.
Text for VP posting now being translated at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Whatamidoing_(WMF)/New_beta_feature