Forum:Has the Rich Text Editor ever appeared for a link specifying: &preload=template-name

Over at vsk.wikia.com I am using this full-url style link to launch newcomers directly into a page editor: http://vsk.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Say_%22Hello%22_here_!&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Preloads/My_first_edit

I only ever use the PTE (Plain Text Editor) and so this link behaves exactly as I would expect. However, I was testing it today using a second account that specifies the RTE (Rich Text Editor) be used and I find that the above link always results in the PTE appearing.


 * I understood the condition for triggering the PTE was if any HTML comment or HTML element tags are used on a page. (Sorry, I can't remember where I read that.) So I stripped those out and tried again but the RTE does not seem to want to appear.

Now, I am perfectly happy if that is always the case because I think I prefer that the initial editor experience a new user has is with the PTE. If later on, they experience the RTE and decide they prefer the RTE then they will have had at least a fleeting familiarity with WML (Wiki Markup Language) and my gut tells me this is important.

So ...
 * if you know for a fact that a URL using &preload= can never open in the RTE then please advise.
 * if you have ever seen the the RTE appear when following a &preload=style link then please advise.

- najevi 10:25, 6 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe in this case it is because the editor is not switched on for the forum namespace. Taking out the forum from your URL gives me, which uses the new editor. 14:59, 6 August 2009 (UTC)