###Task overview
This quarter we will make VE the default mobile editor on at least 3 wikis. This task is about deciding those 3 wikis*.
//Note//: we will be running an [A/B test](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221195) with these wikis. This means we need to prioritize wikis that have more mobile edit volume/behavior to increase the sample size of each group.
###Background
- We're striving to **make editing on mobile web simpler** [1]
- We think contributors will have more success editing on mobile VE given it offers a more structured and visual experience than wikitext. Attributes we think are especially important in a context where time and space //can// be less abundant than on desktop
- Difficultly: VE is not the default on mobile; this has meant the overwhelming majority of mobile editors do not interact with it. [2]
- This makes improving the experience difficult when the majority of mobile contributors are **not** represented in the [quantitative data](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor_on_mobile_report#Usage_of_common_editing_features) we've been using to inform our product decisions
- By making the VE the default editing experience we intend to:
# Increase our understanding of the expectations and needs of a broader range of contributors editing on mobile
# Learn whether VE, in its current state, is a "better" [3] mobile editing experience than wikitext
###Considerations
- [ ] Enough existing mobile editing behavior (as measured by: mobile edit sessions)
- [ ] Community consent (potential proxy: % of edits made using VE)
- [ ] Meta: RTL language, LTR language
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###Definition of "done"
- [ ] **Discuss**: selection considerations with @Neil_P._Quinn_WMF and @Whatamidoing-WMF
- [ ] **Decide**: draft set of wikis to focus on
- [ ] **Confirm**: the set of wikis we are focusing on have no objection to VE as mobile default
- [ ] **Finalize**: wikis we will be trialing mobile VE as default editor with
###References
1. **Editing Team annual goal**: [Audiences 2018-19 Annual Plan](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Audiences#Outcome_3:_Mobile_Contribution#Output_3.4)
2. **Edit sessions recorded in May 2018** | [source](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor_on_mobile_report)
| **Editor** | **Edit sessions** | **% of total** |
| //VE// | 20,643 | ~1.0% |
| //Wikitext// | 1,912,178 | ~99% |
3. **"Better mobile editing experience"**: as measured by overall edit completion rate
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//*Note: this set of wikis may – and likely will – be different than the wikis we work with as part of this quarter's {T221247} work. For the work associated with deciding on those wikis, see: T221816.//