diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor.cs
index dea9d78921..1b61f5fb60 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// Abstract class for the PreValue Editor.
     /// Specifically designed to serialize/deserialize the options as JSON.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public abstract class AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor : AbstractPrevalueEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractOptions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractOptions.cs
index f166343210..ccdc460700 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractOptions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractOptions.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-using System.ComponentModel;
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls
 {
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Abstract class for the Prevalue Editor options.
 	/// </summary>
-	public abstract class AbstractOptions
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public abstract class AbstractOptions
 	{
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AbstractOptions"/> class.
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractPrevalueEditor.cs
index c63c06ec75..a7e5b735ad 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/AbstractPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// Abstract class for the PreValue Editor.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public abstract class AbstractPrevalueEditor : WebControl, IDataPrevalue
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseDataType.cs
index 9fb01a62b3..ce132d0784 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseDataType.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls
 {
-	public abstract class BaseDataType
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public abstract class BaseDataType
 	{
 		private int _datatypedefinitionid;
 		private string _datafield = "";
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
 		}
 		#endregion
 	}
-	public enum DBTypes 
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public enum DBTypes 
 	{
 		Integer,
 		Date,
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseTreePickerEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseTreePickerEditor.cs
index 047b72519b..1e2305be45 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseTreePickerEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/BaseTreePickerEditor.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// A base tree picker class that has all of the functionality built in for an IDataEditor
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public abstract class BaseTreePickerEditor : BaseTreePicker, IDataEditor
     {
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/CsvToXmlData.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/CsvToXmlData.cs
index 626839c35e..6bae96bcf6 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/CsvToXmlData.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/CsvToXmlData.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Xml;
+using System;
+using System.Xml;
 using umbraco;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// Overrides the <see cref="umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData"/> object to return the value as XML.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class CsvToXmlData : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultDataKeyValue.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultDataKeyValue.cs
index 1a326d0e9d..d1288cbd1f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultDataKeyValue.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultDataKeyValue.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// Summary description for cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultDataKeyValue.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DefaultDataKeyValue : cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData
     {
         public DefaultDataKeyValue(cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType DataType)
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultPrevalueEditor.cs
index 7a6c17cffd..6386cfd5c5 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/DefaultPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using umbraco.DataLayer;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DefaultPrevalueEditor : PlaceHolder, IDataPrevalue
     {
         // UI controls
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/KeyValuePrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/KeyValuePrevalueEditor.cs
index 4233f8aa6d..8ea71361cd 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/KeyValuePrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/KeyValuePrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
 	/// </summary>
 
     [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Jeditable/jquery.jeditable.js", "UmbracoClient")]
-	public class KeyValuePrevalueEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, interfaces.IDataPrevalue
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class KeyValuePrevalueEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, interfaces.IDataPrevalue
 	{
 	
 		// UI controls
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataEditor.cs
index d5dcdc313f..11e4a134e0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataEditor.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.PickerRelations
     /// <summary>
     /// 
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class PickerRelationsDataEditor : CompositeControl, IDataEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataType.cs
index 865c0a27a9..9d44201fc6 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsDataType.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.PickerRelations
     /// <summary>
     /// This datatype will render a CheckBoxList where the options are defined by an XPath expression,
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class PickerRelationsDataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, IDataType
     {
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsEventHandler.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsEventHandler.cs
index 0bba75267e..da29b268cc 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsEventHandler.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsEventHandler.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.PickerRelations
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Event handler that will convert a CSV into Relations
 	/// </summary>
-	public class PickerRelationsEventHandler : ApplicationStartupHandler
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class PickerRelationsEventHandler : ApplicationStartupHandler
 	{
         private enum PickerStorageFormat
         {
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsOptions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsOptions.cs
index f06221e5d8..306b602832 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsOptions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsOptions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.PickerRelations
     /// <summary>
     /// Data Class, used to store the configuration options for the PickerRelationsPreValueEditor
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     internal class PickerRelationsOptions
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsPreValueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsPreValueEditor.cs
index 14d6f20248..e2dc7b7525 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsPreValueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PickerRelations/PickerRelationsPreValueEditor.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.PickerRelations
 	/// TODO: [HR] min / max selections ?
     /// Uses the shared JsonPreValueEditor as nice way of lightweight serializing a config data class object into a single DB field
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class PickerRelationsPreValueEditor : AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PrevalueEditorExtensions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PrevalueEditorExtensions.cs
index 38d1eacaa8..f3e32e6cac 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PrevalueEditorExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PrevalueEditorExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Web.UI;
+using System;
+using System.Web.UI;
 using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// Extension methods for the Prevalue Editor
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public static class PrevalueEditorExtensions
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PropertyTypePicker.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PropertyTypePicker.cs
index 3c5aab59bc..3bfe08d226 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/PropertyTypePicker.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/PropertyTypePicker.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for propertyTypePicker.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class PropertyTypePicker : System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox, interfaces.IMacroGuiRendering
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class PropertyTypePicker : System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox, interfaces.IMacroGuiRendering
 	{
 		string _value = "";
 		bool _multiple = false;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ResourceExtensions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ResourceExtensions.cs
index e0923669cf..2bed63dd24 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ResourceExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ResourceExtensions.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// Extension methods for embedded resources
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public static class ResourceExtensions
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBox.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBox.cs
index 42f27805f3..e61db3bb99 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBox.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBox.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class CheckBox: DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox cb = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBoxList.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBoxList.cs
index aa72102ae4..0c6492c7f3 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBoxList.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/CheckBoxList.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class CheckBoxList : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBoxList cbl = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBoxList();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/DropDownList.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/DropDownList.cs
index 0cadb42d5c..59608b13b1 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/DropDownList.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/DropDownList.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DropDownList: DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList ddl = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBox.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBox.cs
index 0f396af012..103f4c1ba0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBox.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBox.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ListBox : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox lb = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBoxMultiple.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBoxMultiple.cs
index a4fa5b7db7..6849a01e9d 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBoxMultiple.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/ListBoxMultiple.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ListBoxMultiple : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox lb = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Password.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Password.cs
index d153b13611..b2c6e9d8d8 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Password.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Password.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Password : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private TextBox tb = new TextBox();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/BasePicker.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/BasePicker.cs
index 4a455e5e34..0069b06c95 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/BasePicker.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/BasePicker.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class BasePicker: DataEditorSettingType
     {
         public Guid ObjectGuid { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Content.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Content.cs
index 509dcf6cf1..bc2253fd0a 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Content.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Content.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Content : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private ContentPickerWithXpathOption cc = new ContentPickerWithXpathOption();
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
         }
     }
 
-
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ContentWithXpath : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private ContentPickerWithXpathOption cc = new ContentPickerWithXpathOption();
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
     }
 
 
-
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ContentPickerWithXpathOption : WebControl
     {
         private bool _showXPath = true;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Date.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Date.cs
index c94498972f..beb1854b3f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Date.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Date.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Date: DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private DateTimePicker dp = new DateTimePicker();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DateWithTime.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DateWithTime.cs
index d347bda8b6..a914478a29 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DateWithTime.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DateWithTime.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DateWithTime : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private DateTimePicker dp = new DateTimePicker();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DocumentType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DocumentType.cs
index 0186fa81ca..84068e67fc 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DocumentType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/DocumentType.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
-
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DocumentType: BasePicker {
         public DocumentType() {
             ObjectGuid = new Guid(Constants.ObjectTypes.DocumentType);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Field.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Field.cs
index b0080a53d8..c937a6d096 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Field.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Field.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Field : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList ddl = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Media.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Media.cs
index 2437eaf8aa..a3bc00d25c 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Media.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Media.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Media : DataEditorSettingType
     {
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MediaType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MediaType.cs
index e43adedb23..33f92ce541 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MediaType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MediaType.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class MediaType : BasePicker
     {
         public MediaType()
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberGroup.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberGroup.cs
index 7b91917ec7..24633d28b3 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberGroup.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberGroup.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class MemberGroup : BasePicker
     {
         public MemberGroup()
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberType.cs
index c6f2534888..bba275155f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/MemberType.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class MemberType : BasePicker
     {
         public MemberType()
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Path.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Path.cs
index 5f4197b548..cccec6c33e 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Path.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Pickers/Path.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Path : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private PathPicker pp = new PathPicker();
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.Pickers
         }
     }
 
-
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class PathPicker : WebControl
     {
         private TextBox tb;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/RadioButtonList.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/RadioButtonList.cs
index 02af61e35f..19a1131c6b 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/RadioButtonList.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/RadioButtonList.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class RadioButtonList: DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList rbl = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextArea.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextArea.cs
index 5b570fd44d..5892775a25 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextArea.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextArea.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class TextArea : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private TextBox tb = new TextBox();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextField.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextField.cs
index 7f614fc4db..7962b149c9 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextField.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/TextField.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class TextField : DataEditorSettingType
     {
         private TextBox tb = new TextBox();
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Values.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Values.cs
index 5a05a70fb0..080275075f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Values.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/SettingControls/Values.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 [assembly: System.Web.UI.WebResource("umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls.css.Values.css", "text/css")]
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.SettingControls
 {
-
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class Values : DataEditorSettingType
     {
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderControl.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderControl.cs
index a1a060c604..67e47d1800 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderControl.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderControl.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.Slider
     [ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependency(ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "ui/jquery.alphanumeric.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependency(ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependencyType.Css, "DateTimePicker/datetimepicker.css", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ValidationProperty("Text")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class SliderControl : PlaceHolder
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderDataType.cs
index 5ad6919821..2a7a31c674 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderDataType.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.Slider
     /// <summary>
     /// A jQuery UI Slider data-type for Umbraco.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class SliderDataType : AbstractDataEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderOptions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderOptions.cs
index b7c84a7bf1..3c96abf633 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.ComponentModel;
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.Slider
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.Slider
     /// <summary>
     /// The options for the Slider data-type.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class SliderOptions : AbstractOptions
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderPrevalueEditor.cs
index 706ffee468..d80290dcc8 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/Slider/SliderPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.Slider
     /// </summary>
     [ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependency(ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "ui/jqueryui.js", "UmbracoClient")]
     [ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependency(ClientDependency.Core.ClientDependencyType.Css, "DateTimePicker/datetimepicker.css", "UmbracoClient")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class SliderPrevalueEditor : AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxList.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxList.cs
index b15a91eb71..f7477edb7f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxList.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxList.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using umbraco.NodeFactory;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathCheckBoxList
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XPathCheckBoxList : uQuery.IGetProperty
     {
         public XPathCheckBoxList()
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataEditor.cs
index 7dd97d2196..20773c9c0c 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataEditor.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathCheckBoxList
     /// <summary>
     /// Renders a CheckBoxList using with option nodes obtained by an XPath expression
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XPathCheckBoxListDataEditor : CompositeControl, IDataEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataType.cs
index 6862a3d242..55f46a9217 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListDataType.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathCheckBoxList
     /// <summary>
     /// This datatype will render a CheckBoxList where the options are defined by an XPath expression,
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XPathCheckBoxListDataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, IDataType
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListOptions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListOptions.cs
index 374951cf66..2555e6a5ae 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListOptions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListOptions.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathCheckBoxList
     /// <summary>
     /// DataType configuration options for the XPath CheckBoxList
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XPathCheckBoxListOptions : AbstractOptions
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListPreValueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListPreValueEditor.cs
index 6d528b32c0..30dd2e93fd 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListPreValueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathCheckBoxList/XPathCheckBoxListPreValueEditor.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathCheckBoxList
     /// TODO: [HR] min / max selections ?
     /// Uses the shared JsonPreValueEditor as nice way of lightweight serializing a config data class object into a single DB field
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     class XPathCheckBoxListPreValueEditor : AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataEditor.cs
index 30d8aabccf..912184988f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataEditor.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathDropDownList
     /// <summary>
     /// XPath configurabale DropDownList Data Type
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XPathDropDownListDataEditor : CompositeControl, IDataEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataType.cs
index 6426b171d3..c681900de5 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListDataType.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathDropDownList
     /// <summary>
     /// 
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XPathDropDownListDataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, IDataType
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListOptions.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListOptions.cs
index a47a37f583..4ea9cb39a7 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListOptions.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListOptions.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathDropDownList
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     internal class XPathDropDownListOptions : AbstractOptions
     {
         private string type = null;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListPreValueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListPreValueEditor.cs
index 618fca66a7..c1923801d6 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListPreValueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XPathDropDownList/XPathDropDownListPreValueEditor.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.XPathDropDownList
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     class XPathDropDownListPreValueEditor : AbstractJsonPrevalueEditor
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XmlData.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XmlData.cs
index e8883fec3f..c35552a556 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/XmlData.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/XmlData.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Xml;
+using System;
+using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// <summary>
     /// Overrides the <see cref="umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData"/> object to return the value as XML.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class XmlData : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/PagePickerDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/PagePickerDataType.cs
index f250bf13bb..34aad937b6 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/PagePickerDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/PagePickerDataType.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.pagepicker
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for PagePickerDataType.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class PagePickerDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class PagePickerDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
 		private interfaces.IData _baseData;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/pagePicker.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/pagePicker.cs
index 16693194dd..ad2771e839 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/pagePicker.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/pagepicker/pagePicker.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
     /// Summary description for pagePicker.
     /// </summary>
     [ValidationProperty("Value")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class pagePicker : BaseTreePickerEditor
     {
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/RadioButtonListDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/RadioButtonListDataType.cs
index 7c0d9fe708..f8bc65f0bc 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/RadioButtonListDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/RadioButtonListDataType.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.radiobuttonlist
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for ColorPickerDataType.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class RadioButtonListDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class RadioButtonListDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
 		private interfaces.IData _baseData;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/radiobox.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/radiobox.cs
index 6ce21f18ad..14cb0e804b 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/radiobox.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/radiobuttonlist/radiobox.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 namespace umbraco.editorControls
 {
-	public class radiobox : System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList, interfaces.IDataEditor
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class radiobox : System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList, interfaces.IDataEditor
 	{
 		private interfaces.IData _data;
 		private SortedList _prevalues;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/PagePickerDataExtractor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/PagePickerDataExtractor.cs
index 3d3d4ec766..360d970d82 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/PagePickerDataExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/PagePickerDataExtractor.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.relatedlinks
     /// data (after the IDataEditor has performed a save()).
     /// This class was not designed for, but might work equally well for other datatypes.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     class PagePickerDataExtractor : IData
     {
         private object _value;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs
index 89287bcdb4..7df096ad65 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksData.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.relatedlinks
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class RelatedLinksData : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData
     {
         public RelatedLinksData(umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType DataType) : base(DataType) { }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataEditor.cs
index aad1a2e2ca..91bfb83c30 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataEditor.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.relatedlinks
 {
     [ValidationProperty("IsValid")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class RelatedLinksDataEditor : UpdatePanel, IDataEditor
     {
         private umbraco.interfaces.IData _data;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataType.cs
index 16b97acad7..2a332923cf 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksDataType.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.relatedlinks
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class RelatedLinksDataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, umbraco.interfaces.IDataType
     {
         private umbraco.interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksPrevalueEditor.cs
index 4fcb1ffeb4..491305d5a2 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/relatedlinks/RelatedLinksPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using umbraco.editorControls;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.relatedlinks
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class RelatedLinksPrevalueEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, umbraco.interfaces.IDataPrevalue
     {
         #region IDataPrevalue Members
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditor.cs
index 8a7843a012..557cbf5899 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditor.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.simpleEditor
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for simpleEditor.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class SimpleEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox, interfaces.IDataEditor
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class SimpleEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox, interfaces.IDataEditor
 	{
 		private interfaces.IData _data;
 		
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditorDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditorDataType.cs
index 5d9b977132..9553436b58 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditorDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/simpleEditor/simpleEditorDataType.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.simpleEditor
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for simpleEditorDataType.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class simpleEditorDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType,interfaces.IDataType
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class simpleEditorDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
 		private interfaces.IData _baseData;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataEditor.cs
index 22c9fd423b..777a92ebd0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataEditor.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using umbraco.interfaces;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tags
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DataEditor : TextBox, IDataEditor, IUseTags
     {
         #region IDataEditor Members
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataType.cs
index 6ec69cdcd6..f951e0fd53 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/DataType.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using datatype = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tags
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class DataType : datatype.BaseDataType, IDataType
     {
         #region IDataType Members
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/PrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/PrevalueEditor.cs
index 6436d98523..6bf70218e8 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/PrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/PrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using datatype = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
     
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tags
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class PrevalueEditor : PlaceHolder, IDataPrevalue
     {
         private TextBox _group;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/library.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/library.cs
index cc91d073f4..31bf2249a3 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/library.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tags/library.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using umbraco.interfaces;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tags
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class library
     {
         
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/TextFieldDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/TextFieldDataType.cs
index ba0a659bd1..62ee31b816 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/TextFieldDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/TextFieldDataType.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.textfield
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
 	public class TextFieldDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType,interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/textFieldDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/textFieldDataEditor.cs
index 9ca94ba602..2496f25469 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/textFieldDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfield/textFieldDataEditor.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.textfield
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class TextFieldEditor : TextBox, interfaces.IDataEditor
     {
         private interfaces.IData _data;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfieldmultiple/textfieldMultipleDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfieldmultiple/textfieldMultipleDataType.cs
index 131d1df44c..dab2000c04 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfieldmultiple/textfieldMultipleDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/textfieldmultiple/textfieldMultipleDataType.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.textfieldmultiple
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
 	public class textfieldMultipleDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType,interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private textfield.TextFieldEditor _textFieldEditor;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/TinyMCE.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/TinyMCE.cs
index 0edd0aad4c..9d6cd520e7 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/TinyMCE.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/TinyMCE.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ using umbraco.uicontrols;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class TinyMCE : TinyMCEWebControl, IDataEditor, IMenuElement
     {
         private readonly string _activateButtons = "";
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/tinymce3dataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/tinymce3dataType.cs
index 833c064db8..dfc2f54d61 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/tinymce3dataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/tinymce3dataType.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class tinyMCE3dataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, umbraco.interfaces.IDataType
     {
         private umbraco.interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/TinyMCEWebControl.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/TinyMCEWebControl.cs
index 3093b42003..9be573734e 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/TinyMCEWebControl.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/TinyMCEWebControl.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using File = System.IO.File;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class TinyMCEWebControl : TextBox
     {
         internal readonly MediaFileSystem _fs;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/ConfigSection.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/ConfigSection.cs
index ec4d7764cf..7f5ef2421f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/ConfigSection.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/ConfigSection.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
     /// <summary>
 	/// Description of ConfigSection.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class ConfigSection {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class ConfigSection
+    {
 		#region private
 		private NameValueCollection globalSettings;
 		private bool gzipEnabled, gzipDiskCache, gzipNoCompression;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipCompressor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipCompressor.cs
index f95d66c536..cbd2fc24d8 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipCompressor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipCompressor.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
     /// <summary>
 	/// Description of GzipCompressor.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class GzipCompressor {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class GzipCompressor
+    {
 		#region private
 		private bool diskCache, noCompression;
 		private string cachePath;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipModule.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipModule.cs
index c8da3ea402..0224ae4d05 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipModule.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/GzipModule.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
     /// <summary>
     /// Description of HttpHandler.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class GzipModule : IModule
     {
         /// <summary></summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/IModule.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/IModule.cs
index 8666b82996..5e880a9bce 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/IModule.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/IModule.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin {
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Description of IAction.
 	/// </summary>
-	public interface IModule {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public interface IModule
+    {
 		/// <summary>
 		/// 
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSON.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSON.cs
index 37449f5624..03a677dbba 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSON.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSON.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
     /// <summary>
 	/// Description of JSON.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class JSON {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class JSON
+    {
 		/// <summary>
 		/// 
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONReader.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONReader.cs
index 0a4c469515..24b19f2309 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONReader.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONReader.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
     /// <summary>
 	/// 
 	/// </summary>
-	public enum JSONToken {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public enum JSONToken
+    {
 		/// <summary> </summary>
 		Boolean,
 
@@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
 	/// <summary>
 	///  Description of JSONReader.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class JSONReader {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class JSONReader
+    {
 		private TextReader reader;
 		private JSONToken token;
 		private object val;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONWriter.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONWriter.cs
index 01dcd301e9..38b5038cfc 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONWriter.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinyMCE3/webcontrol/plugin/JSONWriter.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
     /// <summary>
 	/// 
 	/// </summary>
-	public enum JSONLocation {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public enum JSONLocation
+    {
 		/// <summary> </summary>
 		InArray,
 
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinyMCE3.webcontrol.plugin
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Description of JSONWriter.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class JSONWriter {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class JSONWriter
+    {
 		private TextWriter writer;
 		private JSONLocation location;
 		private Stack lastLocations;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEConfiguration.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEConfiguration.cs
index 1ff6e3642d..1ce5c724c6 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEConfiguration.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinymce
 {
-
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class tinyMCEConfiguration
     {
         private static bool _init = false;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEImageHelper.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEImageHelper.cs
index 23da99829f..d524e97820 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEImageHelper.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEImageHelper.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.Files;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinymce
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     internal class tinyMCEImageHelper
     {
         public static string cleanImages(string html)
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEPreValueConfigurator.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEPreValueConfigurator.cs
index 10741b9c35..533a961416 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEPreValueConfigurator.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/tinymce/tinyMCEPreValueConfigurator.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using umbraco.DataLayer;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.tinymce
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class tinyMCEPreValueConfigurator : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, interfaces.IDataPrevalue
     {
 		// UI controls
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataEditor.cs
index 3155fc7ba5..5d7f2d9a75 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataEditor.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using ClientDependency.Core;
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.ultimatepicker
 {
     [ValidationProperty("IsValid")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ultimatePickerDataEditor : UpdatePanel, IDataEditor
     {
         private IData _data;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataType.cs
index 674fb151c1..c448e227a2 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerDataType.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.ultimatepicker
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ultimatePickerDataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, umbraco.interfaces.IDataType
     {
         private umbraco.interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerPrevalueEditor.cs
index 7f03e1d529..a0e78966b9 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/ultimatepicker/ultimatePickerPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using umbraco.editorControls;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.ultimatepicker
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class ultimatePickerPrevalueEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, umbraco.interfaces.IDataPrevalue
     {
         public ISqlHelper SqlHelper
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/DataTypeUploadField.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/DataTypeUploadField.cs
index 81b140744b..459199b7e8 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/DataTypeUploadField.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/DataTypeUploadField.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.uploadfield
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for DataTypeUploadField.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class DataTypeUploadField : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType,interfaces.IDataType
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class DataTypeUploadField : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private interfaces.IDataEditor _editor;
 		private interfaces.IData _baseData;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadField.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadField.cs
index 747febe57b..439c7b6ecf 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadField.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadField.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 namespace umbraco.editorControls
 {
     [ValidationProperty("IsValid")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class uploadField : HtmlInputFile, IDataEditor
     {
         private const string Thumbnailext = ".jpg";
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadFieldPreValue.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadFieldPreValue.cs
index b2959622c9..9fb0e526c4 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadFieldPreValue.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/uploadfield/uploadFieldPreValue.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using umbraco.DataLayer;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.uploadfield
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     class uploadFieldPreValue : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, interfaces.IDataPrevalue
 	{
 	
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/IUsercontrolDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/IUsercontrolDataEditor.cs
index b480e973a7..43fe21b4ef 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/IUsercontrolDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/IUsercontrolDataEditor.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+using System;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.property;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.userControlGrapper
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public interface IUsercontrolDataEditor
     {
         object value { get; set;}
     }
 
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public interface IUsercontrolPropertyData
     {
         Property PropertyObject { set; }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/SerializationHelper.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/SerializationHelper.cs
index 128754ed4a..8d114f49d3 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/SerializationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/SerializationHelper.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.userControlGrapper
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class SerializationHelper
     {
         public static object ValueFromXmlString(object value, Type type)
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolData.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolData.cs
index ee1386c648..117907cdf7 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolData.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolData.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.userControlGrapper
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class usercontrolData : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.DefaultData
     {
         public usercontrolData(umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType DataType) : base(DataType) { }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataEditor.cs
index 65aef26d7a..60219d0a6f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataEditor.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.userControlGrapper
 {
     [ValidationProperty("Value")]
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class usercontrolDataEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, umbraco.interfaces.IDataEditor
 	{
 		private umbraco.interfaces.IData _data;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataType.cs
index d4e3c775de..3b32d576df 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolDataType.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.userControlGrapper
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class usercontrolDataType : umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, umbraco.interfaces.IDataType
     {
         private umbraco.interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolPrevalueEditor.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolPrevalueEditor.cs
index 096b708804..228a3ae81d 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolPrevalueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/userControlWrapper/usercontrolPrevalueEditor.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.datatype;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.userControlGrapper
 {
-	public class usercontrolPrevalueEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, umbraco.interfaces.IDataPrevalue
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class usercontrolPrevalueEditor : System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder, umbraco.interfaces.IDataPrevalue
 	{
 		public ISqlHelper SqlHelper
 		{
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/wysiwyg/editorButton.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/wysiwyg/editorButton.cs
index 4345927e38..3a2b4c9bf1 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/wysiwyg/editorButton.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/wysiwyg/editorButton.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace umbraco.editorControls.wysiwyg
 {
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
     public class editorButton
     {
         public string imageUrl;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/YesNoDataType.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/YesNoDataType.cs
index abe014b9ac..699af1a364 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/YesNoDataType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/YesNoDataType.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls.yesno
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Summary description for YesNoDataType.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class YesNoDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType,interfaces.IDataType
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class YesNoDataType : cms.businesslogic.datatype.BaseDataType, interfaces.IDataType
 	{
 		private interfaces.IDataEditor _Editor;
 		private interfaces.IData _baseData;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/yesNo.cs b/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/yesNo.cs
index 00a5e34945..3b79a0c440 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/yesNo.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.editorControls/yesno/yesNo.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ namespace umbraco.editorControls
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Generates a radiolist of yes and no for boolean fields
 	/// </summary>
-	public class yesNo : System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox, interfaces.IDataEditor
+    [Obsolete("IDataType and all other references to the legacy property editors are no longer used this will be removed from the codebase in future versions")]
+    public class yesNo : System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox, interfaces.IDataEditor
 	{
 	
 		private interfaces.IData _data;