Board Thread:New Features/@comment-26339491-20191016152503/@comment-26339491-20191029223310

Yes, that sums it up accurately. It is theoretically possible to make wikitext work in Discussions, but it would lead us right back to a clunky and unsustainable feature. It would be difficult and time-consuming to implement, and the result would carry many potential problems. It would be a bit like retrofitting a car so it can fly. It's probably possible, but you'd really be much, much better served to fly with a plane, which was built from scratch for just that purpose. And if you absolutely had to make a car fly, it would probably be a terribly impractible car for regular driving afterwards.