Translations:Wikimedia Engineering/Report/2013/June/summary/16/en

In June, the team completed major new features for VisualEditor (the visual interface to edit wiki pages without markup) in preparation for making it available to most Wikipedia users in July. The editor is now capable of letting users edit the majority of content without needing to use wikitext: it supports text, as well as adding and editing inclusions of references, templates, categories and media items. We organized an A/B test for new user accounts on the English Wikipedia, with half of them getting VisualEditor ahead of the wider release. There were also a number of user interface improvements, and many bugs uncovered by the community were fixed. The team was expanded with four dedicated new members, who will help community members use VisualEditor, and ensure that feedback will be focused and lead to rapid improvements.