Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/VisualEditor plus WikiEditor/reply (4)

Understood - however if VisualEditor is to be used as a default editor / toolbar, you can't leave users that are already using the functionality of WikiEditor hanging by requiring admins to make a false choice between the two when upgrading.

VisualEditor serves a more novice editing crowd and brings in users, but it can't happen at the expense of established users that are used to the WikiEditor table functionality / preference for coding in wikitext - which everyone has been using to enter information for years.

Currently it looks like VisualEditor as a toolbar solution solves one problem by creating another one - favoring new users over established users and content - there has to be a compromise between the two; ensuring that tables and wikitext are options in one way or another, allows both sets of users to use VisualEditor effectively. This is especially true in company settings where there are an equal number of novice and expert mediawiki users - both options have to be available.