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Fan26 wrote:

Lady Aleena wrote: I just thought of another way graphical editors fail.

When I write a series of articles, I first write them in a text editor (formatting and all) then paste them into the source mode editor. Unless the graphical editor can interpret wikicode and parse it accordingly, I will no longer be able to write a dozen article starters at a time (to keep consistency between similar articles).

Since I write articles mostly on titles of things, a graphical editor may not pick up the Title I use at the beginning of any article that is about a work.

Here is what I wrote yesterday for a wiki:

Space: Above and Beyond is an American television series that ran on FOX from 1995 to 1996 for one season. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Ray Butts". Nash Bridges is an American television series that ran on CBS from 1996 to 2001 for six seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Power Play". Everybody Hates Chris is an American television series that ran on UPN from 2005 to 2006 and then on The CW from 2006 to 2009 for four seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Everybody Hates Playboy". New Amsterdam is an American television series that ran on FOX in 2008 for one season. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Love Hurts". Reaper is an American television series that ran on The CW from 2007 to 2009 for two seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "The Devil and Sam Oliver". Saving Grace is an American television series that ran on TNT from 2007 to 2010 for three seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "It's a Fierce, White-Hot, Mighty Love". Californication is an American television series that ran on Showtime from 2007 to 2014 for seven seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "The Raw & the Cooked". United States of Tera is an American television series that ran on Showtime from 2009 to 2011 for three seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the pilot. The Middle is an American television series that began running on ABC from 2009 and is currently on its eighth season. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "The Map". Kingdom is an American television series that ran on Audience Network from 2014 to 2017 for three seasons. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Please Refrain from Crying". That '70s Show is an American television series that ran on FOX from 1998 to 2006 for eight seasons. It spun off That '80s Show. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Eric Gets Suspended". That '80s Show is an American television series that ran on FOX in 2002 for one season. The series is a spin-off of That '70s Show. Sordid Lives: The Series is an American television series that ran on Logo in 2008 for one season. The series is a spin-off of Sordid Lives. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Pills, Poison and Penises". Sordid Lives is an American film released in 2000 that spun-off Sordid Lives: The Series. ''Burn Notice' is an American television series that ran on the USA Network from 2007 to 2013 for seven seasons. It spun off Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Scatter Point". Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe is an American television film that aired on the USA Network in 2011. It is a prequel spin-off of Burn Notice. Shameless is an American television series that began running on Showtime from 2011 and is currently on its seventh season. It is a non-contiguous spin-off of Shameless (UK). It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day". Shameless is a British television series that ran on Channel 4 from 2004 to 2013 for eleven seasons. It spun off the non-contiguous Shameless (US). Justified is an American television series that ran on FX from 2010 to 2015 for six seasons. It crossed over with Karen Sisco. It is connected to the Tommy Westphall universe through the appearance of Morley cigarettes in the episode "Riverbrook". Karen Sisco is an American television series that ran on ABC in 2003 for one season. It crossed over with Justified.

Can I still do the same with a graphical editor? Probably not. I would have to go through and format the text and create the links while in the graphical editor instead of writing the articles with the wikicode in a text editor and pasting it in.

My wrists are starting to scream at me about too much mousing needed to use graphical editors. Lady Aleena (talk) 11:20, September 15, 2017 (UTC) You know there is a source mode available, right? I suggest you read Kickburn's earlier reply

>>>Not including a source mode is intended at this point of testing: GUI-driven document creation apps like Word do not provide a source mode - nor do they need one - and we want to see whether this editor can reproduce a similar kind of experience.

>>>If there was a source mode, it would make validating the GUI-first approach much, much harder. Still, it's a topic we're always thinking about as the experiment matures and we add more features.

Source mode is going if this test is successful