2015-08-11 14:35 GMT+02:00 zdzislaw <zdzislaw.wiki@gmail.com>:

2015-08-11 12:34 GMT+01:00 Nicolas VIGNERON <vigneron.nicolas at gmail.com>:
> 2015-08-11 13:18 GMT+02:00 zdzislaw <zdzislaw.wiki@gmail.com>:
>> I'll write it again ... that is not safe to validate a page without reviewing its wikicode.
> Are I'm puzzled: why?
> Strange... Are you against VisualEditor too?

For example, when someone validate a page in preview mode it is impossible to check the line breaks, the use of templates...
The single line breaks (text broken into different lines -> common from scanned text) will be seen "normally" on preview mode (parser convers if into #0A), but it shoud be removed, if not... try to "Download (it) as PDF" - all the text will be broken.
VisualEditor - here you can see everything at a glance (!), missed line breaks can be seen as an arrow, if you want to check whether the correct template is used, just simply "move" the mouse on it...
VE <> view mode

Z.

If a template is mispelled or misused, you'll see right away that something is wrong, no ? Where is the need to go to edit mode? (except for <center> vs. <div align="center"> cases but it's not really relevant for validation).

I don't understand your single line breaks problem, and the problem seems to be on PDF generator not on the page itself (it shouldn't block the validation).
"Download (it) as PDF" do you talk about the special page on the right Tools bar or about the wsexport tools? I just tested the two tools and they worked just fine with pages with single line breaks.

You're mixing a little bit « validation » and « perfection ». For example, if a page contains « word » or « wоrd » instead of « word », it's not perfect but it's valid as it invisible for 90% of readers and tools (plus, there is other tools to detect this specific errors).

Cdlt, ~nicolas