Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24739709-20151026190758/@comment-126761-20151102162832

Ah, the problem is that the basic concept of the Verbatim tag is a security issue. In almost all cases, 'fixing' it would mean that the tag simply doesn't function any more.

Certainly we can't guarantee no future changes around this area - security threats evolve, and so must Wikia. Again, though, I must stress that we're not doing this because we dislike what it was being used for, but because of the security problems it poses.