Wikipedia:Don't use the VisualEditor: Difference between revisions

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* misaligning comments in templates
* changing the format of tables constructed in a specific manner
* messing with line breaks after multiline parameters and comments
* changing spacing in headers without the editor making the change
* adding or removing spacing in:
** template parameter names
** lists
** headers
** tables
* adding extraneous numbers to reference names (see {{phab|T375306}})
* issues with copying and pasting ISBNs and other identifiers (see {{phab|T174303}} and {{phab|T162291}})
* deletion of HTML comments (see {{phab|T247498}})
 
Most of these are cosmetic changes, but they make it difficult to view what actually changed in diff view. It comes down to the fact that a WYSIWYG editor will always utilize a predefined format in programming.
 
== Problems documented with the VisualEditor ==