Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20191203204132/@comment-26339491-20200715172121

Staff is still following this thread and still reading the new replies - I am in any case. If anything new and relevant comes up, I pass it on to the appropriate team, but I don't typically reply unless I actually have something new to share, or can answer a question.

In this case, we are aware that people are still concerned about this change and would still like to see more actions taken. We do not think this change was completely without drawbacks, is a perfect solution and that you are all unreasonable for still criticising it. Your points are valid. However, we have a very, very long list of changes large and small that users have requested, many of which we totally agree with - but prioritizing them is always a challenge. An issue has to affect a large enough number of people and/or have enough of a negative impact on people's experience before we can decide to spend resources (i.e. staff time, especially developer time) on it. So far, this one is still relatively low on the list by overall comparison.

Also note: There will likely be significant changes to Fandom's skin in later phases of the UCP. We don't know what that will look like yet, but it's entirely possible that this problem will resolve itself then. When we redesign our desktop and mobile experience down the road, we may very well be able to give anons better access to file information without losing the SEO benefits we're getting from this. That's another reason why our teams aren't willing to re-open this case right now.