Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11458028-20140813114306/@comment-10777624-20140823044527

My point was, if you just want to discuss daemons or events, there are sites specifically just for that should all forms of communication on this wiki be removed, because honestly, a lot of wiki sites are purely informational and people either edit the articles legitimately or just read them. It is a privilege to have the types of communication you have on this wiki, especially when you do not otherwise legitimately edit the articles you comment on (and yes, a comment is--for some reason--considered an "edit", which is why I used the term "legitimate" before in regards to actual edits).

From what I can tell, you're doing just fine without them so far. We do have forums here and as Blue August so helpfully pointed out, there are indeed other ways to discuss daemons that are in a more controlled way. Also, have you checked into that little button that replaced the comment one near the titles of pages? It's called a Talk Page. You can use that; it'd perfectly fine if you did! Just google how to do so if you don't already know. You can even sign your name on them with a handy-dandy little signature if you choose to get creative.

If you're worried about people having duplicate threads in the forums we actually have, then that's a matter of you guys taking a look at the threads already posted before posting anything that might be already up. It's truly not that hard to check before possibly opening a duplicate thread. If duplicate threads do happen, then an admin can just remove the less popular one.

If it's about whether or not there would be more opinion wars, then it'd just be rinse and repeat if it gets out of hand. Like I said, these communication tools are a privilege and they can all be taken away at any time. On the same note, the fewer communication tools we have, the more controlled the environment is. It's easier to monitor activity with this current set up and you guys can still communicate. You just need to stop being so latched on to one channel being closed and be more open to the others still at your disposal. Would you like it if all of them were just taken away all at once, to prevent any and all incidents before they happen? Or would you rather cooperate and use what you've still been allowed to use to communicate?

I myself am going to better cooperate (and be nicer) so that you all may continue to communicate. Will you promote the same?