User blog comment:Kirkburn/The expanding world of the VisualEditor/@comment-13918697-20141028074944/@comment-126761-20141031141053

Quick reminder: let's try and keep it calm and friendly here, please.

As mentioned in some other discussions, the location of the source editor button within VisualEditor is not settled - it's quite possible we will make further changes that make it more obvious. However, it just simply isn't intended as a primary action for people using the VisualEditor (unlike formatting actions).

The stats mentioned in this blog post compare how many people who open an editor actually make an edit (i.e. how many people don't give up after trying to edit). It strongly indicates visitors are more likely to actually make an edit using the VisualEditor. It doesn't guarantee it of course, as with any data from a real world situation, but it's enough that we're pretty confident in VE's benefits (which are only going to become bigger as the editor is developed further).

Including a delgue of stats sounds interesting - but it would quickly turn off 99% of readers, can quickly become out of date, and can simply end up confusing. Given the huge numbers of ways Wikia can be used, stats we gather require pretty careful handling.

In any case, it's in everyone's interests that more people edit - we want that, you want that. We don't have very different aims here :)

We definitely do care about your feedback, too. Though we can't accommodate everyone's wishes, we still want to hear them - even if they don't have an immediate impact, they will likely influence future decisions. While we may disagree on some points here, we do appreciate hearing them.