User blog:FreeSpirit98/The Future of this Wiki

Well, after looking at the Discussions and having a good chat with fellow Discordians. There is going to be a big change that will be out in the wiki, mostly affected of how we are going interact. We have a proposal that will be in a way Discussions is, Forums’ fate of death, and a potential reintroduction of article comments. Proposal is here: https://theloudhouse.wikia.com/d/p/3135828863746567116

I might want to do a pro vs con thing of our theee platforms of conversations, which one may be out and the other is in an undetermined status.

Forums
As one of my favourite friends enjoy the killing of the Forums. There will be some of the users that hang around the Forums too much that might have to come to a realization. Forums will be discontinued at any point in all wikis at some point of the future. Here are some what Forums had to offer good and bad things.

Pros

 * Have nearly more moderation tools, such as highlighting a thread. Discussions will be getting a highlighting tool for Discussions Mods and admins in the future.
 * Wiki-text. Bold, italicize, strikethrough, underline.

Cons

 * Lag. There’s pretty much lag in almost all forum threads, especially gif and picture threads.
 * Files. There’s pretty mucb files that use up the wiki space and they’re not even related to the TLH at all.
 * Comment limit.
 * Pretty much our staff dislikes it. It lags and there’s pointless threads.
 * Clogs wiki activity with junk.

Discussions
A replacement to the Forums. This one is not laggy and images wouldn’t take up the wiki space. Also, it’s quite new.

Pros

 * Better organization and navigation.
 * Notifications separate from the thread notifications. The bell icon is for Discussions.
 * We have episode discussions there.
 * Our staff like Discussions more than Forums.
 * Posts counts separate from article edits. That way we know who is active in Discussions.
 * Report tool! A post that needs to be removed or something. Hit that button and the staff will take care of it. As long as you don’t abuse it.

Cons

 * It’s still missing some stuffs from Forums. Keep in mind that there’s changes that can occur sometime in the future that can make it better. Still waiting for the highlight tool and to bold, italicize, and strikethough text!
 * Separates from Wiki Activity. You can see the Discussions activity if an admin addes the Recent Discussions Activity code along with the rail module code. The con might be out.

Article Comments
Comemnting on a specific article. Do I need to say much?

Pros

 * Another way to interact with users. Can talk about an editting issue or improving an article.

Cons

 * Toxicity of comments. What happened from the surge of 6 months ago was pointless comments like “first,” “second,” and “third!” Users disrespect others opinions. Some users even copy and paste their opinion over and over the article comments.
 * It’s a little hard to moderate. Since there’s no really a report button like in Discussions, you just need to link the comment or reply to report an admin or discussion mod.

That’s all I have to say about the wiki changing its social aspects as we had changed some editing aspects.