User blog:MrYokaiAndWatch902/This is why I can't have good times on UCP.

Pardon the misleading title, this is supposed to list me and other's problems. I can't get used to UCP. Yes, I understand the situation; FANDOM has Gamepedia and they think they might collapse (but it can be surpassed), but remember; change has to be good (or at least, neutral). This is likely why everybody is saying "NOBODY ASKED FOR THE UCP!" despite asking for it, because it is a PAIN. Pardon myself if my language gets aggressive.

Also, if you're gonna say "Install DevWiki codes", that doesn't change how bad UCP as a whole can get. It only makes your wiki more tolerable.

TL;DR: Change has to be beneficial. FANDOM is going to the UCP likely because of buying Gamepedia but that doesn't mean you should absolutely ruin stuff. Like, Classic Editor was fine and not as buggy as the new editor.

Come to think of it, really; UCP probably should've just merged in with Gamepedia, provide tools Gamepedia exclusively has, and other stuff if it really doesn't want to have to operate two wiki services at once.

My Problems
Well, that's all the problems I have. If you have any problems with UCP lemme know below aside from just screaming "Stop the UCP!" which I will not add. Oh and your theories.
 * 1) They kill off Classic Editor, because from what I can tell, it is buggy according to them. However, the new editor is far more buggier. And laggier. One thing that makes the new editor bad is that Source Mode highlighting an entire page becomes an infuriatingly difficult thing to do because of the lag (unless your page is REAL small) and another thing is that vignettes/statics only activate when you publish your edits. It may not sound significant, but it might make something longer than it should be.
 * 2) *Also, I could swear when I double-click to highlight an entire sentence (at least in source mode) you can't highlight anything else. Google Docs can do that, why not this editor?!
 * 3) Additional problems that aren't related to code with the new editor include:
 * 4) *You can't make article polls anymore. You go onto Discussions (I'll explore more later) and then you type your poll. You can only do six at a time... when in the previous polls, you can literally do WAY more than that.
 * 5) *Galleries no longer have the customization you can give them. Additionally, some galleries are even replaced with these. Luckily, it's easy to fix; you just remove a gallery, then you undo your edits. It also fixes all other broken galleries.
 * 6) *Thinking of tabviews? Nope, not a chance!
 * 7) *No more Soundcloud support? Whatever.
 * 8) They kill off Wiki Activity and make RecentChanges the only way to see new edits. Wiki Activity helped many, and before the migration pause everybody was angered at the loss of it. Also before the migration pause, Recent Changes can only find edits and not comments. Reason? It was supposed to be for at-a-glance stuff if I remember correctly.
 * 9) Article Comments now run on the same engine Discussions run on. First off, it's entirely nowiki, so you can't strikethrough, and second off, when it comes to images, you have to upload them yourself. The nowiki is... well, intentional. It is more of a downgrade when you come to think of it.
 * 10) The bell replacing the mail is just not good. As far as my mind I can read, once you click a message from mail that message is marked as read, but the bell? It's not marked unless you click mark all as read. That's probably a me problem, I don't know.
 * 11) *The bell is also there to try and encourage you to make posts to get likes. (Thanks Taeraredstar!)
 * 12) *It sometimes does duplication. You might see "(x) replied to (y)" multiple times, something which mail notifications didn't do.
 * 13) Wikis that rely on Forums, Chat (which P.S. I rely on for feedback), and potentially even the aforementioned Galleries are crippled. If this was just made to promote Discord, you're kidding. Speaking of Forums/Discussions and Discord...
 * 14) Discussions is bad and clunky. Some of the problems can be applied to the new Article Comments.
 * 15) *You cannot customize your text that much. Like said, it is nuked with nowiki.
 * 16) *It depends on your patience, but if you want to find one single post you like, you're going to have to scroll miles down. Forget about patience, you're probably going to be really irritated by then unless you get lucky.
 * 17) *Clicking on one's username doesn't direct you to their profile. It instead shows you their discussions profile. Additionally, instead of something like "/f/u/MrYokaiAndWatch902", you get some random number.  It could be excusable for Discussions Posts, but this?
 * 18) *Discourages editting. (Thanks Taeraredstar!)
 * 19) *When comparing to Forums, it's not THAT sloppy. Instead of it cascading and having to scroll down, you can jump from 1 to 3 or something.
 * 20) Discord has privacy issues. Basically, it's a rebuttal you can immediately throw if somebody says "Not everyone can use Wikia Chat". Yes, Wikia Chat also can have these, but to a much lesser extent.
 * 21) Why did they kill off the Following Tab? For those not familiar, that tab shows pages you have editted or commented on and is helpful if you have like 70+ userpages (which I do). But in UCP, they just strike it out and probably replace it with Activity, which only shows their social activity.
 * 22) What's up with the inability to disable Discussions? What if we don't want it?
 * 1) What's up with the inability to disable Discussions? What if we don't want it?

Other Problems People Experienced
The lag may be because of relying on JavaScript. I'm not sure.
 * Taeraredstar
 * UCP Pages have a high chance of being laggier than their Legacy version. Can get irritating at times, such as message walls.
 * RecentChanges and Social Activity being seperate from each other makes moderation harder and it's a chore. Wiki Activity has both. According to them, it's complex... or is it??? Why can't we like, spend time trying to figure it out?
 * Discussions feels more like an attempt to pander and copy the streamlined functionality of more modern websites. Additionally, it's riddled with problems, though hey; it's above.
 * SW10048
 * The Search is now Global. Say, you type in Dexter and you get bombarded with other wikis. (I don't seem to be experiencing this one, I think they fixed it.)
 * Blubabluba9990
 * Mobile editting is nearly impossible; it can get scrunched up and shake every time. FANDOM stated that they were going to help mobile editors, yet ironically it's not. However, it was on a phone, so tablets might not have a problem.
 * Nathan Pirate
 * Pointed out and I didn't even realize this but even if FANDOM DID collapse, there are certain ways to get past the crash aside from just update MediaWiki. Also that some things are not outdated and are still widely used (BFDI Wiki Chat).
 * And let's get another pointer in: 2010 Editor returned? Forums and Chat removed due to being "outdated"? Wait, aren't the 2010 Editor, Forums, and Chat from 2010-2012, and considered outdated? HOLD UP!
 * There's no more user talk archive!
 * NerdWithAKeyboard
 * Gallery videos either get distorted or enlarged.
 * Even with RecentChanges being able to sort through categories, it's still a difficult job. It could've been one if the development team just took more time, rushing things will end in disaster.
 * Sometimes, apostrophes in messages just get replaced with a jumble of code.
 * It takes additional steps for images, and image adding. It's also pretty slow and laggy, there's descriptions that are mandatory, and unnecessary extra steps to even get a perfect image.
 * SEVERINO1010
 * While this is not FANDOM's fault, some DevWiki codes don't work on UCP.
 * The editor (at least for mobile) also gets broken.
 * Trending Pages sometimes does not display the right image.

Theories

 * Mr. Yokai: UCP was rushed. Before the pause, there was no way to see social activity, making it a nightmare for moderation. Also, in March, UCP was rolled out to new wikis and it was... pain.
 * Abyssthenightwing11: As UCP rolls out, more people leave to go onto other wiki farms, new users will find users just barely hanging onto the website, clog the wiki, drive people out, repeat process. Also that FANDOM sees good stuff as bad and vice versa.