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The VE doesn't handle every single editing situation. Yet.
The VE doesn't handle every single editing situation. Yet.


So if you ever get to a point where you can't understand how to make the editor work, there are two things you can do:
So if you ever get to a point where you can't understand how to make the editor work, there are a couple of options.


Click on "more" and then pull down to "source mode".  That will present a window that works similarly to the edit window you're used to.  Unfortunately, this version of "source mode" doesn't have auto-suggestion, so it may not be right for every situation — especially if you're not ''quite'' sure of the names of the articles you want to link to.   
The thing to do in most cases is to click on "more" and then pull down to "source mode".  That will present a window that works similarly to the edit window you're used to.  Unfortunately, this version of "source mode" doesn't have auto-suggestion, so it may not be right for every situation — especially if you're not ''quite'' sure of the names of the articles you want to link to.   
[[file:ClassicEditor.png|thumb|Sometimes, you might want to disable the VE for '''the entirety of the upcoming edit'''.  Choose "classic editor".|left]]
[[file:ClassicEditor.png|thumb|Sometimes, you might want to disable the VE for '''the entirety of the upcoming edit'''.  Choose "classic editor".|left]]


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