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As part of the ongoing [[Help:Darwin|Darwin evolution]], this wiki introduced the '''beta version of the VisualEditor''' at approximately 18:16, November 20, 2013 (UTC). | As part of the ongoing [[Help:Darwin|Darwin evolution]], this wiki introduced the '''beta version of the VisualEditor''' (or VE) at approximately 18:16, November 20, 2013 (UTC). That means we are helping to test an '''imperfect''' piece of software. '''It '''will for a while''' and '''does currently''' have problems. Our task is to help Wikia spot those problems and correct them. | ||
== Why us? == | |||
Well, we're doing it because our community is large enough for a meaningful test and because we've always dealt comparatively well with change. Most of the Tardis team have accepted Wikia innovations with at worst mild irritation. Generally, though, we understand — perhaps because of the shifting nature of ''Doctor Who'' itself — that change is inevitable. So we're likely to be a reasonable bunch of people to test it on. | |||
We're also adopting it because [[user:CzechOut|our tech admin]] has had a face-to-face meeting with the VE team and believes that the underlying fundamentals are rock solid. This isn't anything ''remotely'' like the Visual Editor that this wiki voted outta here some time ago. This is something that really will — once its bugs are ironed out — help attract new editors. It offers the genuine promise of ''mostly'' WYSIWIG editing. If a person only wants to add a sentence or fix spelling — which studies show is all ''most'' editors actually want to do — this new editor make that ''massively'' easier. | |||
Those of us who have been here for a while may have forgotten just how incredibly arcane the normal — or what Wikia calls "source mode" — editing is. But to the person used to editing on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest, [[T:MARK|wiki markup]] is initially ... arcane. | |||
The hope of the VE is that it will allow people to make a lot more quick-fire edits — while still allowing the more experienced editor access to all the complexity of the wikitext "language". | |||
== Why now? == | |||
Some might say that it was insane to enable such a massive change to editing on the eve of the Doctor's 50th anniversary and, indeed, the impending change of Doctors. But it's precisely ''because'' we're expecting such an in-rush of editors — indeed, it's already noticeably started — that we wanted to enable it right now. | |||
New editors are our target with the VE, so there's no better time for this wiki to attract them than the last six weeks of 2013. | |||
== How do I help? == | |||
Because we're beta testers, we should be giving our thoughts on things that work and things that don't. So when you find something you really like or dislike — or maybe that you just don't understand — pop on over to [[Thread:143084]] to give your thoughts. | Because we're beta testers, we should be giving our thoughts on things that work and things that don't. So when you find something you really like or dislike — or maybe that you just don't understand — pop on over to [[Thread:143084]] to give your thoughts. | ||
[[File:VEMoreMenu.png|thumb|right|The "more" menu has a lot of important parts to it, including the option right at the bottom. You can use a version of what Wikia calls "source mode" without having to leave the VE. The drawback? No auto-suggestion yet.]] | [[File:VEMoreMenu.png|thumb|right|The "more" menu has a lot of important parts to it, including the option right at the bottom. You can use a version of what Wikia calls "source mode" without having to leave the VE. The drawback? No auto-suggestion yet.]] | ||
