Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1251315-20160203095655

Hi there

I am broaching this discussion to enquire about the wiki's opinion regarding the use of Message Walls.

There are several benefits to using walls: they're easier to use, don't require much knowledge of basic wikitext syntax and most importantly, the user does not need to sign their posts as it's done automatically. The disadvantage is that they cannot easily be archived and pose issues when adding content that is targeted to the forums (they share the same namespace number and a few other things).

User Talkpages, on the other hand, solve that issue somewhat, but are more advanced and require users to sign their posts so their message can be identified. Think of a user talkpage like normal article talkpages, but on user pages instead.

Does the wiki want to use User Talkpages or keep using Walls? I'm fine with using whichever the wiki wants to use and have no preference (I can use both without problems), and I will go with whatever the community wants. :)

However, do note that if we switch to User Talkpages, the Message Walls will not be reachable until the feature is enabled (though their contents will be preserved in case we re-enable them, they won't be readable).

Discuss below! Will leave this open for about a week before making the decision. :)  