Board Thread:Wiki Main Forum/@comment-28584497-20160512073409/@comment-4215845-20160512140035

Time for two cents with Apprentice:

I supported the switch minus Article Comments in our previous vote, but I was beginning to have second thoughts after we've had them here for a couple months, and this post has solidified many of those. The intent behind the switch (besides Wikia pushing Awy to do it) was to attempt to spur up more activity on the wiki. The features did not do this, because, after using them for a while now, they do not appeal to actual editors. The appeal to our viewership, who would be here anyway.

All of the older features facilitated the maintenance and improvement of pages by providing areas to talk about them "behind the scenes" and were also essentially structured the same way the articles are. This makes them easier to use for editors, not so much viewers, but as a Wiki we should be focused on editing, not commentating. I dislike the idea of the site being more of a blog now; I was against article comments during the vote and I still am because they do not contribute anything meaningful to the article that Talk pages don't already.

I am in full support of a second and final vote on this, but I suggest that it be an extended one this time opposed to the two days we generally do. Not everyone was able to vote last time, though that wouldn't have changed the outcome if the comments after the vote are anything to go off of, but a change like this still needs everyone's say. I definitely would want all the active B'crats to vote this time, at least. Drafting a new policy after this is also a must, this has come up enough times to warrant it in my opinion.

That concludes this morning's stream of consciousness, hopefully that wasn't too scrambled.