On 10/31/2011 10:09 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Robin McCain, 31/10/2011 17:20: >> We must also remember that the wiki edit interface and markup can be a >> little intimidating to a newbie, so opening an edit window and making no >> changes may be more common than we think. Are there any stats on this? > Yes, it was something like 70 % of "edit" clicks are not followed by > save. It's difficuilt to tell how many of those were people (or even > stupid bots) looking for the source text. For me, the most common reason why an "edit" click is not followed by a "save" is because I end up not having the time to complete the work, or the edit I had in mind becomes more complicated than I thought (sometimes the latter partly explains the former). To put it idiomatically, it's a reaction to biting off more than I can chew.
That may not be entirely typical, but in the sense of "editing proved more difficult than anticipated" it probably explains many abortive attempts at editing. I suppose it's been suggested before, but I think more fine-grained section editing capability, so you can simply highlight any portion of an article and open an edit window for just that portion, could be helpful. --Michael Snow _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
