On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Risker <[email protected]> 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.
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