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So I'm creating this topic to broach the topic of the newer Wikia Forums module. At this point, we are still using the old DPL based forum system which creates articles and is really not a very efficient way of doing stuff. I'd like to propose the enabling of the wikia forum module as it would provide more benefits and a more structured forum system to actually have meaningful discussions, rather than having to deal with edit conflicts on popular topics. If the newer forums are indeed enabled, then these existing DPL based ones will simply be archived: they'll still be viewable but can't be edited.

Place your signature under the section of support, neutral or oppose and feel free to leave comments in the discussion section, thanks :)

Support

--Speysider ^{Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel} 13:15, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

Neutral

Seelentau 愛^議 13:27, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

Idontcareaboutmyname (talk) 13:30, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

--Elveonora (talk) 13:31, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

Main question before I pick a side, what is the potential downside to the new forum. (There is always a downside to anything. And I don't know anything about the new forum) does Wikia Prime sniff around it? Will be be Viz's lapdogs? Will we be forced to eat porkbutts and taters? (Not a bad thing)--TheUltimate3 ^(talk) 13:19, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

Having been using it a lot on another wiki where I'm active on, there doesn't seem to be any downsides that would negatively impact things, other than threads getting slow when they have over 250 replies, but that is unlikely to happen. --Speysider ^{Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel} 13:21, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

It's up to UltimateSupreme and Dantman I believe, Simant too.--Elveonora (talk) 13:26, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

I used to be against it, but having used it on Metal Gear Wiki I find its much better formatted for these types of things. Plus there's always user blogs to fall back on if needed. The only thing I've noticed is that people seem to become more inclined to have discussions for the sake of discussions, rather than talking about anything important. However, if that's a problem you can simply have an admin remove such posts and overtime they'll stop happening.--Soul reaper (talk) 13:28, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

Does the new forums add to those long comment sections I've seen on places like the Avatar Wiki? I would really like to avoid that like the damn plague.--TheUltimate3 ^(talk) 13:30, February 5, 2014 (UTC)

@Elve: I'm pretty sure that anyone who can access the AdminDashboard can enable this.

@Others: Just for reference, if you don't know what I'm talking about, see these links: Elder Scrolls Wiki Forum and Community Central Forums.

@TU3: I'm not sure what you mean, are you referring to the sections under articles? If so, all that does is list 2-3 threads on the forums which has been tagged with that topic. --Speysider ^{Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel} 13:31, February 5, 2014 (UTC)