On 16 March 2015 at 21:20, Ryan Lane <rlan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > How about just converting those threads back to Wikitext, instead? That > > script already exists, I've seen it used on Mediawiki. Will it mess up > the > > pages that have already been converted using that script? > > > > Bottom line, it makes no sense to replace software that was considered > > barely suitable when it was first developed with "new" software that > can't > > even do what that old, long-neglected software could do...and in several > > cases, there is no intention to ever add the features already available > > using Wikitext. > > > > As expectations increase for project users to post their > > comments/concerns/ideas/observations on Mediawiki, the use of Flow will > > become a barrier for participation. > > > > > As someone who used LQT a lot, I'd say I'd much rather flow replace the > pages I maintained using LQT. Maybe you dislike flow, but it's *way* more > useful than wikitext for discussion. I never want to go back to the days > where I needed to discuss things with wikitext ever again. Wikitext > discussion pages are just the absolute worst. > >
I hear what you are saying, Ryan. I'm also reflecting on the fact that as there is increasing pressure on "ordinary" editors to post their discussions about Mediawiki on the Mediawikiwiki, they would then encountering *another* new interface that doesn't operate in anything similar to what they've experienced before, and that we know isn't up to handling stuff that even LQT handled without blinking. On the other hand, based on what I'm hearing about the "success" of installing Flow on Office-wiki, the end result may very well be fewer people coming to complain about something else, which might be viewed as a net positive. Risker/Anne _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
