Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-45310000-20200415125300/@comment-45310000-20200417195347

I had a much longer response, but I guess it died after publishing it. Lesson learned: don't use footnotes in a forum comment.

My system doesn't intend on using any feature that doesn't currently exist in UCP, there are features that would be nice and make the implementation more seamless, to be sure, and I'm always going to think about them. But to rely on any future enhancement be an indication of a bad system in the first place.

If I can get other Wikis to adopt my system, then we would be stronger as a group to have sway over these kind of feature requests. Fandom sells us, by pushing ads on us, and anything that makes their implementation gain more eyeballs is their ultimate goal. That is the price we pay for getting to use their platform at no direct cost.

That said, I fully intend on getting my system to work without any extra features, I believe I am in the phase where I can see light at the end of the tunnel. I measure this by writing the human coding document, w:c:rdrii:Contributing for Dummies based on actually using my system in practice. The shorter that document is, the better. That document still needs debugging and beta testing, BTW.

(edit: I should note that 'human coding document' is a term I use for instructing a sentient human being on completing a technical task written in plain english without jargon, rather than writing code for a machine.)