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Who is the best Wikipedia editor?
Steven Pruitt
Steven Pruitt (born 1984) is an American Wikipedia editor with the highest number of edits made on the English Wikipedia: over four million. He has also created more than 34,000 Wikipedia articles. Pruitt was named as one of the 25 most important influencers on the Internet by Time Magazine in 2017.
What does a visual editor do?
A visual editor, or full-screen editor is computer software for editing text files using a textual or graphical user interface which displays the content (text) in an easy to look at and good view; that is, it displays a portion of the opened file and updates it in real time.
What editor does Wikipedia use?
VisualEditor
As of 2020, editors at the English Wikipedia have used VisualEditor to make more than 10 million edits.
What is the difference between Wysiwyg editor and text editor?
The purpose of WYSIWYG is to allow you to create a web page/web site without the need to learn HTML language and coding. The purpose of Text Editor is to focus on editing functions for plain text.
What do you mean by visual editor?
How can I edit a Wikipedia page using VisualEditor?
To edit a page using VisualEditor, click on the “Edit” tab at the top of the page. It can take a few seconds for the page to open for editing, and longer if the page is very long. Clicking on the “Edit source” tab will open the classic wikitext source editor.
What are the guidelines for editing an article on Wikipedia?
Content guidelines apply only to the article namespace (unless otherwise specified in the guideline), and offer advice on identifying and including encyclopedic information in articles. Deletion guidelines explain criteria and procedures for deleting unwanted pages. Editing guidelines usually provide non-content…
When to use a template in a Wikipedia article?
When you edit a template that is in use, it can affect many pages throughout Wikipedia all at once. Wikipedia:Template editor § Use has tips to help avoid problems. To include the actual full name of the template as text (including the surrounding braces) in a Wikipedia article, apply the template link template.
Why do people use VisualEditor instead of wikitext?
VisualEditor will allow people to edit many types of pages without having to learn wikitext markup, and WMF staff hope that it encourages more readers to become editors. Even after the eventual anticipated full-feature release of VisualEditor, experienced editors still may prefer editing wikitext because they find it faster and more precise.