VisualEditor


 * ''For the VisualEditor deployment at the English Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:VisualEditor.
 * ''For changes made using the VisualEditor, see [ VisualEditor], [ VisualEditor: Check], and [ VisualEditor: Switched]

The VisualEditor project aims to create a reliable rich-text editor for MediaWiki. It is being developed so it can be used as a MediaWiki extension, using the Parsoid project to supply HTML+RDFa.

It is currently deployed to various namespaces on this wiki (including the main namespace in which this page exists); more information about this test deployment can be found on [//blog.wikimedia.org/2012/06/21/help-us-shape-wikimedias-prototype-visual-editor Wikimedia's blog], the FAQs, and [ VisualEditor:Welcome] or [ VisualEditor:Test]. Please note that the test deployment only works with the Vector skin. For more information, please visit the VisualEditor Portal.

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Rationale
The decline in new contributor growth is the single most serious challenge facing the Wikimedia movement. Removing avoidable technical impediments associated with Wikimedia's editing interface is a necessary pre-condition for increasing the number of Wikimedia contributors.

Status



 * You can see the team's current code dashboard on gerrit.

Timeline

 * Some level of exploration was done in 2010 by the Wikipedia Usability Initiative.
 * The 2011 product whitepaper published by the Wikimedia Foundation's strategic product team identified rich-text editing as one of the "Great Movement Projects". Work subsequently started in May 2011.
 * The 2011-12 Wikimedia annual plan, released July 2011, states a goal for VisualEditor: "First opt-in user-facing production usage by December 2011, and first small wiki default deployment by June 2012".
 * The 2012-13 Engineering Goals document sets a timeline for VisualEditor's development and deployment up to the end of June 2013.
 * VisualEditor is scheduled to be deployed across Wikimedia projects over the coming months. Below is the schedule as of December 2013:

VisualEditor may be offered to users at non-Wikipedia projects, such as Commons or Wiktionary, after deployment to the Wikipedias has completed. No timeline has been set for this.

VisualEditor was made opt-in on the English Wikipedia in September 2013.

VisualEditor was made opt-in on the Spanish Wikipedia in February 2014.

Documentation

 * Generated code documentation

You can speak with us in our chat channel,.

Related pages
For more information on VisualEditor and its design process, see these directory pages:
 * Design portal
 * Planning and testing
 * Software
 * Feedback archives
 * /Presentations/
 * User testing reports