User blog comment:Kirkburn/The expanding world of the VisualEditor/@comment-5076341-20141024154819/@comment-126761-20141024171454

Hi, thanks for the feedback - it is appreciated.

The basic idea of the VisualEditor is to make it easier for new editors (and many existing editors) to contribute to Wikia: more edits = more and better content = more visitors. As shown in the graph in this blog post, the VisualEditor is already having a pretty positive impact on editing - something we all want.

While the VisualEditor might not have quite as many features as the classic editor at the moment (something we're actively working on fixing, along with the other items mentioned in the post), the underlying basis for it is a huge leap forward from the older rich-text editor, and will allow us do much more with it - particularly since the Wikimedia Foundation (i.e. Wikipedia) are working on it too.

Anonymous and logged in editors still have a choice over which editor they use - via the Edit button dropdown, and via their preferences. We don't have plans to take those choices away - only the old rich-text editor itself has specific plans to be phased out (again, no date set, and because it has significant disadvantages compared to the new editor).

Again, thanks for the feedback - I will be sure to share it with the team.