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VisualEditor
 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: it still is used a decade on, but the article is stuck in the 2010s. (January 2023) |
 VisualEditor logo, set in Gill Sans | |
 VisualEditor's text formatting menu | |
| Developer(s) | Wikimedia Foundation and Fandom, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Repository | |
| Written in | JavaScript, Node.js, PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | MediaWiki extension |
| Type | Wiki |
| License | MIT[1] |
| Website | www |
VisualEditor (VE) is an online rich-text editor for MediaWiki-powered wikis that provides a way to edit pages based on the "what you see is what you get" principle. It was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation in partnership with Fandom.[2] In July 2013, it was enabled by default on several of the largest Wikipedia projects.[3][4]
The Wikimedia Foundation considered it the most challenging feature to date, while The Economist has called it Wikipedia's "most significant feature".[5] According to The Daily Dot, the Wikimedia Foundation's pursuit of wider participation may regret alienating existing editors.[6] In September 2013, English Wikipedia's VisualEditor was changed from opt-out to opt-in, following user complaints,[7][8] but it was returned to being available by default (for new registered users only) in October 2015 after more development.[9] A 2015 study by the Wikimedia Foundation found that VisualEditor failed to provide the anticipated benefits for new editors.[10]
VisualEditor is bundled with every MediaWiki releases since version 1.35, released in September 2020.[11]
- ^ LICENSE.txt, VisualEditor source code repository
- ^ Andrew Webster (2012-06-22). "Wikimedia releases updated prototype for simplified visual editor". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "Wikipedia:VisualEditor". Wikipedia. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Emil Protalinski (2013-07-02). "Wikimedia rolls out WYSIWYG visual editor for logged-in users accessing Wikipedia articles in English". The Next Web. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ L.M. (2011-12-13). "Changes at Wikipedia: Seeing things". The Economist. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ Tim Sampson (2012-07-04). "Will Wikipedia's pretty new editing software solve its recruitment crisis?". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ Andrew Orlowski (2013-09-25). "Revolting peasants force Wikipedia to cut'n'paste Visual Editor into the bin". The Register. Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
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