Forum:Disable comments

Ahem. The aim of this proposal is to see whether the community on this wiki would agree to disable the "Comments" section at the bottom of every page. Now, that's not as evil as it sounds. That doesn't mean that we won't be able to discuss and comment on pages; quite the contrary, it will still allow us to do that, while limiting the amount of spam and troll comments posted by IPs.

Disabling comments will replace them with every page having a relevant talk page, just as user pages do. So, for example, a page called Nitrome Boss would have a talk page called Talk:Nitrome Boss. Pages with a prefix namespace, such as Nitrome:Signatures, would have Nitrome talk:Signatures. This means that we will still be able to comment and discuss, and these comments won't appear on the bottom of a page, contributing to the look of a "pro" wiki; note that most, if not all developed wikis (5,000+ pages) have comments disabled. Also, as I said, this will help reduce spam and trolling. Directly quoted from another wiki:

"I may have a suggestion for the wiki regarding comments. I was wondering if it's possible to change the pages' structure and replace the comments space with a dedicated talk page (I don't know if it's the correct term) for each page (like any page of http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki). Sadly most of the comments are trivial personal opinions (i.e. combo comments about how scary alexander's portrait on low sanity is or the comparison between F.E.A.R. and Amnesia) or worse, gibberish and trolling. Very little of them are actually meant for contribution to the wiki. Writing on the talk page requires more effort than writing a comment (a couple minutes vs a few seconds, which on the internet is an abyss) so this would discourage viewers to leave the first thing that comes to mind or trolls to, well, troll. And, hopefully, who wants to contribute writes a good and comprehensive topic on the talk page. Obviously, the talk pages aren't troll-proof, but at least their art wouldn't be under the eyes of every reader. I hope you read and maybe consider this suggestion and I'm also very sorry for not giving you any real instructions on how to do this, but my wiki knowledge is limited on page writing (with solid limits there too)."

--Zezzie

So there. I hope you will consider and agree to this proposal. To see what the talk pages would look like, just go to a random page on RSW.