On Jun 10, 2014 1:10 PM, "Jon Robson" jdlrobson@gmail.com wrote:
The other mail seems to have gone on a huge tangent about the benefits of Flow / what it can do. This is great but I feel like my original question has gone unanswered so I am resurrecting it with a new e-mail subject. I worry lots of good feedback got lost in that big email chain.
So hypothetically... If we switched over from the unmaintained LiquidThreads (LQT) to the maintained Flow what would happen? [By this I mean on every page regardless of namespace that LQT is we enable Flow instead.]
Some top level questions to get started:
- Do we need to import all conversations over OR can we just switch
to a blank page to get started from? 2) What can you do in LQT that you cannot do in Flow? (Please do not include issues with design - this is a new product that can be redefined as it is developed on) 3) Any other concerns?
Jon
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Ok, putting my love of free form talk pages aside for the present conversation...
You are talking about mw.org? I think non mediawiki.org wikis requires a longer discussion. Id suggest just doing mw.org for the time being.
Id like to propose caution when transitioning project:support desk. Its an important page where the change might be disruptive.
Id propose: convert non support desk lqt pages. Wait a while for complaints, if nothing then convert support desk.
Id also like a way to turn a flow page back to wikitext for talk pages etc in case somebody doesnt like it (i havent been following closely enough to know if that is already possible)
--bawolff