Forum:Message walls

I haven't been on this wiki in a long time. In that time, I've been trying out other wikis, and most of them have message walls and article comments. I personally find that message walls are easier and I'm neutral with article talk pages. There seems to have been a discussion in the past about how "Message walls seemed to promote socialising more than they did for the wiki itself," which is why we don't have message walls on this wiki. User pages weren't 100% designed to help the wiki. They were designed as communication tools. It's one of the few places on this wiki where you can socialize without breaking policies. It'll make socializing easier. I think that we should have some debate over this. For those of you who aren't familiar with message walls, check mine out at Community Central.

Some points:

Message wall pros:
 * Only admins can delete other user's messages & replies.
 * Easier on devices where you can't use VisualEditor.
 * It's simpler.
 * Instead of following the whole page, you can follow individual threads.
 * You can give kudos.

Message wall cons:
 * All previous messages might be deleted.
 * Not as advanced as user talk pages.
 * Hard to navigate. There won't be a table of contents.

This may be kinda unclear (because I didn't have much time to think about this), so leave a message if you have any questions. Anonymoustyd (talk) 06:48, June 9, 2014 (UTC)