Forum:Replacing Comments with Talk Pages

As some of you who were around during the transition to the Oasis skin may remember, one of my biggest issues with the new skin was the replacement of talk pages with comments. I have hated the comment feature since its creation because it offers an easy venue for spam and encourages users who don't know otherwise to post comments unrelated to article maintenance. I've been deleting comments almost daily for a while now, and it has become somewhat of a hassle.

I just found out that we admins have the option now to turn off the comment feature and go back to talk pages. Naturally, I almost changed it the moment I saw it, but I know I need to have community support. The major benefits of this are that it will make things a bit easier for me and make discussing articles easier. Please tell me what you think about this decision. If there are objections, I'll reconsider, otherwise I'll make the change in a day or two.Turambar  02:42, July 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I was unaware of the comment deletions because they weren't showing up. While having the comments section makes it easier to post comments, I can see that it does invite people to put something in there that may not be constructive. If the talk page format isn't as helpful I believe the format can always be changed back. BrokenSphere  (Talk) 04:40, July 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Those sorts of comments are posted fairly frequently, though I usually don't delete them immediately. When it says "Comments" at the bottom of the page, it implies that users should leave comments, and I think few people would interpret that as discussion about the article itself. As you said, we could go back to comments, but I think separate pages are more appropriate for what we use them for. They would be especially helpful with long discussions on articles which are already long.Turambar  01:07, July 7, 2011 (UTC)

The change has been made. I didn't archive the comments since it would be a lot of work and most of what didn't need to be deleted was obsolete. You can continue to leave feedback here and tell me what you think about the talk pages. Remember, I can always change it back if the community dislikes it.Turambar  03:07, July 7, 2011 (UTC)