Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25150955-20160909010405/@comment-25739558-20161214215058

Fandyllic wrote: TheV1ct0ri0u5 wrote: ReDquinox wrote: You fully support the removal of essential features like Wikitext? Removal of WikiText won't ever happen - it's a part of the MW software. While I don't like PI syntax and the limitations of Portable Infoboxes, I do support compatibility and readability across all platforms.


 * 1) As ReDquinox said, Discussions does not run within the MediaWiki engine.
 * 2) Discussions already doesn't support wikitext and it may never.
 * 3) Do you support removing features for maintaining compatibility and readability across platforms? How do you decide?
 * 1) I understand that it doesn't run within the MW engine. I don't have a problem with that, just as long as it is developed in such a way that it can work with the user alongside MediaWiki.
 * 2) I agree that wikitext support is an important feature which Discussions lacks. Staff could do much more to maintain the syntax experienced users are already used to.
 * 3) I do not support removing features simply for compatibility. That is why I think Discussions needs improvement and testing before implementation. We can't simply dismiss the features of Forums for Discussions.