Cross-posting from Gerrit.
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/25170/
I support this change because:
- 1. Getting rid of legacy templates simplifies our template system and
makes it much easier for us to improve it or migrate existing skins to a
new system.
- 2. The user experience while using legacy skins is horrible.
CologneBlue, Modern and Monobook are pretty bad. Vector is are barely
adequate. We should be focused on improving Vector (or making a new skin)
so our users can have at least one excellent skin. Anything that distracts
from that focus is a waste of effort that doesn't help users.
- 3. The statistics I've seen about people who are using legacy skins
shows that they are a very small subset (easily less than 1%) and a
majority of the accounts appear to be abandoned. I would love to see some
hard numbers be shared here as well though.
- Trevor
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:56 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 25 October 2012 02:15, Sumana Harihareswara
<sumanah(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Sometimes we have to shed some backwards
compatibility. And it sounds
like removing support for these particular skins will enable us to
innovate and move faster. But it's a good idea to publicize this sort
of thing so legacy skin users can say "I'll maintain the legacy support
because I love this skin so much!", or prepare to reskin, or find some
new third way. :-)
Do we have any numbers on e.g. how many Wikimedia users use these skins?
- d.
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