User blog comment:Kirkburn/VisualEditor - the past, present and future/@comment-13918697-20140606030944

Famous last words: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

IMO ... not all change is good and not everything new is better. Visual Editor has popped up when, as a logged in user, I've gone to edit a page. It's slow to load. Wikitext markup is rejected ("You are using the beta VisualEditor - wikitext does not work here. Select 'Source Editor' from the ☰ menu to use wikitext.") which forces user to enter Source mode. Making potential editors jump through hoops is not conducive to a welcoming experience.

99.9% of my edits are always done in the Source screen. It's also how I participated in my wiki as an anonymous user before becoming a member.

What Wikia staff should be spending its time on is creating "How to" guides for new editors that are written in plain, simple, straight-forward language and accompanied by " Do this A and you get this B " examples -- and that don't assume that the proficiency of a wiki user is anything more than basic.