Board Thread:New Features/@comment-26339491-20191016152503/@comment-9605025-20191029231714

That may be the case and I don't doubt that the current Discussions feature is more than enough for most users. However, it seems to me that the sticking point for most users involved with this thread is that the proposed "alternative" for those that need wikitext is DPL Forum.

To go along with the car v. plane analogy, from a user's (customer's) point of view, it is like an airline selling all its jets to buy a bunch of cars. Sure, for those not going very far it might be better (more flexible on times and locations). But for those going far enough to actually need to fly, what do they do? Well, they can book a ticket on one of the remaining turboprops but that is still going to take longer than it used to. Yes, the company is saving on maintenance costs and doesn't have to deal with the complexities of a 787 or A380. But as far as the flying customers are concerned, their service just got downgraded.

Of course, that is far from a perfect analogy, especially with the UCP that is supposed to majorly benefit powerusers. But it is hard to get a lot of hope from that when it seems like everything is still TBD. This goes for the whole UCP project in general for the moment. Between my own tickets and those of users who looked to CC for help first, I have definitely seen a rise in the number of replies along the lines of "Thanks for letting us know. However we are currently focusing on the UCP and do not have plans to update as the issues will be automatically solved with the UCP." Is that a correct statement? Probably. Does it make sense to focus on the UCP? Yes. Is it great that Wikia staff are being honest in their replies? Absolutely! Is that a reassuring answer? No; especially when it looks like a lot of things are TBD.