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{{Forum post|[[User:BadCatMan|BadCatMan]] and I just received a message from FANDOM asking us if we want to enable Discussions, the FANDOM replacement for the Special:Forums (which we do not use on this wiki) for carrying on conversations among fans (who must be logged in to participate). You can read the message '''[[User_talk:Moviesign#Enabling Discussions?|here]]''' and follow the link to the FANDOM Help page if you wish. My question is, do we want this feature enabled on our wiki? |
{{Forum post|[[User:BadCatMan|BadCatMan]] and I just received a message from FANDOM asking us if we want to enable Discussions, the FANDOM replacement for the Special:Forums (which we do not use on this wiki) for carrying on conversations among fans (who must be logged in to participate). You can read the message '''[[User_talk:Moviesign#Enabling Discussions?|here]]''' and follow the link to the FANDOM Help page if you wish. My question is, do we want this feature enabled on our wiki? |
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− | I think that the FRW, being mostly about the canon of a largely paper-and-web-based fandom, does not need a Discussions feature at this time, but I suspect that time will come. We are not a video gaming wiki, so nobody talks about game play here. We are not a TV wiki, but we got some traffic from fans of [[w:c:strangerthings|Stranger Things]] when Netflix released season 2 of the show. We are not a movie wiki, but that may change in a year or two if/when the [[ |
+ | I think that the FRW, being mostly about the canon of a largely paper-and-web-based fandom, does not need a Discussions feature at this time, but I suspect that time will come. We are not a video gaming wiki, so nobody talks about game play here. We are not a TV wiki, but we got some traffic from fans of [[w:c:strangerthings|Stranger Things]] when Netflix released season 2 of the show. We are not a movie wiki, but that may change in a year or two if/when the [[Honor Among Thieves|unnamed Dungeons & Dragons movie]] starts to advertise. Even so, I'm not sure we have to become a movie wiki—perhaps it would be better to have a separate wiki for the movie where people can discuss the actors, performances, catch phrases, lighting, music, plot points, ''etc.'', and just link to this wiki when appropriate. |
Once this feature is enabled, it cannot be disabled, so there is no way to try it out first. If you have visited other wikis where this feature is enabled, did you use it? What do you think, dear readers and contributors? Will this bring more people to the table? Will it compete with things like [https://www.reddit.com/r/Forgotten_Realms/ the FR reddit]? Will it be more trouble that it's worth? I'd like to hear your views.|—[[User:Moviesign|Moviesign]] ([[User talk:Moviesign|talk]]) 22:48, January 10, 2018 (UTC)}} |
Once this feature is enabled, it cannot be disabled, so there is no way to try it out first. If you have visited other wikis where this feature is enabled, did you use it? What do you think, dear readers and contributors? Will this bring more people to the table? Will it compete with things like [https://www.reddit.com/r/Forgotten_Realms/ the FR reddit]? Will it be more trouble that it's worth? I'd like to hear your views.|—[[User:Moviesign|Moviesign]] ([[User talk:Moviesign|talk]]) 22:48, January 10, 2018 (UTC)}} |
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I think that the FRW, being mostly about the canon of a largely paper-and-web-based fandom, does not need a Discussions feature at this time, but I suspect that time will come. We are not a video gaming wiki, so nobody talks about game play here. We are not a TV wiki, but we got some traffic from fans of Stranger Things when Netflix released season 2 of the show. We are not a movie wiki, but that may change in a year or two if/when the unnamed Dungeons & Dragons movie starts to advertise. Even so, I'm not sure we have to become a movie wiki—perhaps it would be better to have a separate wiki for the movie where people can discuss the actors, performances, catch phrases, lighting, music, plot points, etc., and just link to this wiki when appropriate.
Once this feature is enabled, it cannot be disabled, so there is no way to try it out first. If you have visited other wikis where this feature is enabled, did you use it? What do you think, dear readers and contributors? Will this bring more people to the table? Will it compete with things like the FR reddit? Will it be more trouble that it's worth? I'd like to hear your views.
Out of curiosity, how does Special:Forums differ from the forum we are using right now?
If we were to switch to the Discussions, would it be possible to convert each one of these posts here on our current forums into a post on the new discussions page?
I don't really have a problem with turning on the discussions, but I don't like forking things.
This is why I've also declined to activate Article Comments, Message Wall, and Chat (though I should recheck for a way to poke anons). This doesn't mean I won't if other editors want one of these.
So, I feel a crude social-media-like chat feature (and it means to imitate social media without being social media, as if it was something to aspire to) seems like a lot of extra work in moderation and conversation for us that doesn't contribute anything to the wiki. A lot of Wikia/FANDOM's features are not actually conducive to good editing and wiki development, like the rubbish Visual Editor. Just because a wiki can do something doesn't mean it should.
On the other hand, I recognise my view might not attract and retain editors and that fostering a community atmosphere might. But I'm not sure that Discussions is right for that. It's slow, narrow, and wonky.