Thread:Talk:Flow/Strengths of existing system/reply (4)

I'd like to clarify the things I'm interested in here. The order of these is significant, it goes from most general to most specific:
 * 1) The people undertaking a project to replace/upgrade a major software feature should carefully think through (among other things) the strengths of the existing feature, and whether or not they can be preserved.
 * 2) The people undertaking the project should put that analysis on display in a clear way (i.e., it should not be necessary for the reader/community member to dig through various wiki pages to learn about the fundamental design goals and the fundamental design challenges).
 * 3) Talk page stalking: probably too specific for this discussion; it was meant only as an example. (However, it may be worth noting that even after these explanations, I'm having a hard time picturing how, as an end user, information about my friends' edits and notes left for my friends would be presented to me.)