Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-22224-20180521161500/@comment-27820485-20180610035512

I see there is a lot of confusion and mixed opinions here. I'll just give my input on the whole matter. Monobook was planned to be retired for a long time now. It was said it would be retired towards the end of the year. A certain staff member said that there are less than 250 people across the network that use the skin, it hasn't been updated in such a long time, and that it is not worth the hassle to continue providing support for a skin so little use.

So yes, Monobook was going to be retired regardless of GDPR. But, due to GDPR, it was retired before its time. Although, I feel that more reason should have been provided to it being retired early. It was going to happen regardless without a doubt, but for GDPR being the reason isn't what I feel is a proper reason.

I never used the Monobook skin, so I cannot speak for anyone who used the skin before its retirement. But I do still think the other reasons for Monobook's removal should have been mentioned.