Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-3335785-20130210125136/@comment-3335785-20130210153243

Eladkse wrote: What's wrong with just using  still? I now it's supposed to be depreciated, but it still works. I'm not really comfortable with using something Wikia can just turn off without any real warning, or could be completely removed next time Wikia decide to update their MediaWiki version.

As a comparison, and  are all deprecated. Yes, browsers still recognise them for backwards compatibility, but I can't see a valid excuse for using them on a site that's actively maintained.