Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/Edit conflicts ignored/reply (2)

Unfortunately right now the VisualEditor bypasses the EditConflict system entirely (so any edit will over-write any other edits made since it was started, regardless of who was involved, IP addresses or otherwise). This is purely due to the way that the VisualEditor is locked-down on this wiki; when we open it up a little more, it will use the existing EditConflict system.

There is a separate point that the existing EditConflict system is not really suitable for users using the VisualEditor, as it dumps editors whose edits have conflicted with others' into editing wikitext directly, which we wish to avoid; however, we have yet to design out how this might work.