Help:VisualEditor vs the regular editor

With the new VisualEditor feature now in beta, there are now two completely different ways to edit Gran Turismo Wiki. The question is, which one is right for you?

VisualEditor
VisualEditor is a WYSIWYG editor; that is, "what you see is what you get." Like a word processor, you get to see the results of what you're doing immediately, so for instance if you've made a word bold then the word becomes bold immediately without you having to "preview" the page as you would in the regular editor. This is intended to make it easier for newcomers to edit the wiki, because then they won't have to learn wiki markup.

There are two main drawbacks to VisualEditor, however. First off, it's still in beta, so some features may not work correctly (or work at all), and not all pages will work with VisualEditor. Secondly, it's not possible to see the page's wiki markup, so it may be very difficult to fix problems with it.

Regular editor
The regular editor disables WYSIWYG editing in favor of being able to more easily view and edit a page's behind-the-scenes markup. This is the optimal choice for those who are more comfortable being able to edit absolutely everything in a page. For these users, the regular editor is a much faster and easier way to edit a page.

The main drawback to the regular editor is that it's not quite as new-user-friendly as VisualEditor, requiring the user to learn a bit of wiki markup to be able to use it efficiently.

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