Board Thread:Script Suggestions/@comment-1158325-20160320103956/@comment-5973717-20160321234224

Dessamator wrote: Ultimately we have to accept that programming in Wikia is not a priority. They've recently indicated that Lua is not getting (/doc) documentation support,  is not being enabled in new wikias by default, and is generally seen as complicated. While I do agree with the general principle, Lua & JS are not localized meaning that some people  first need to learn English to a degree, and then learn how to program (which is hard!).

If they don't adopt the new gadgets extension when it comes out. The best we can hope for is feature requests for an enhanced MediaWiki:importJS or Special:Javascript. If that isn't improved, then a GUI JS tool is the best we can do.

In any case,  having a machine readable list of scripts stored here, along with configuration information, and relevant metadata would still be valuable.

Agreed. The depreciation of Gadgets "outside of existing support" is merely a symptom of a bigger problem. Wikia wishes to reduce third party modification. The wait times for Javascript reviews have been increasing. Policy is selectively enforced regarding what is allowed. New UI elements, such as the nav bar, are banned from wiki-wide modification despite other elements being ok. I'm glad that security is now a policy rather than something never spoken of, but I worry that Wikia is using it as an excuse to reduce how much customization is available.