User blog comment:Kirkburn/Syntax highlighting - helping you read and write code/@comment-896291-20150331004149

Highlighted Syntax is actually pretty irritating for the most part, especially with for folk already accustomed to how HTML and hyper-link coding already works. The color code doesn't stay attached to whatever its supposed to be highlighting and just create one big irritating visual headache.

Additionally, not performing a wiki-wide announcement, was not only wrong, but already tells me there are plans to phase out basic HTML editing for the more obtuse and cumbersome "Visual Editor".