Thread:IDontCareAboutHistory/@comment-499247-20190616235920/@comment-25546049-20190617195919

Sitb wrote: stuff Alright, I figure I may as well throw my hat in here as well. You talk a lot of good stuff, I can give you that. I'll start with that first.

For one, I definitely agree that there's been some moderation out of hatred going on here. Many of the good discussions are being deleted as well as the bad, and if discussions are the only way that people can talk to us, then so be it. I think discussions can be used as a legitimate place for conversation as long as it's moderated. I believe you already understand the reasons why forums are preferred over discussions here, so I won't repeat that.

One thing I am a bit curious on is I don't see why it's necessary to have editing disabled on mobile. Could you please provide context for me (or link me somewhere) before I say too much more?

What I do want to say though is that this... Sitb wrote: They could eventually start being inclined to edit mainspace articles as well.

...is just absolutely silly. Let me start by saying that forums and discussions fulfill a similar niche; they both serve as a means for communication, both about the wiki as well as the PVZ series, outside of mainspace comments. The things is, there are several people who go on the wiki every day, making posts to the forums, but don't edit mainspace. Therefore, since the two platforms fulfill the same niche, it isn't a stretch to say that there will be people who only use discussions and not actually cross over to mainspace. Of course this isn't going to happen for everyone (never say never or always in this types of situations), but I believe a majority of the people who use discussions will specifically be there just for discussions, and nothing more. Besides, since as you said, discussions is the only way people on mobile can contact since they disabled wiki editing on mobile, how would they be able to contribute to mainspace in the first place?

In short, I agree that moderation is too heavy handed and discussion should be opened there, but some of your reasoning is just silly to me.