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Honestly, I don't hate those forums. My only concern with them is regarding which aspects of the forums, of forum posts and threads, are editable by users and administrators. Right now in our forums, any user can (technically speaking) edit any thread, any post and any page. Would that same versatility exist in the new forum design? Another issue which you bring up is the matter of ease-of-use. Certainly the forums as they exist now are easy enough for experienced wiki editors to use, and the discussions are set up in a way that is familiar (at least for those of us who used to edit on the [[TSW:CPTP|CPTP]]). Whether the current forum design acts as a suppressor of new user activity, I couldn't say. |
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Ultimately, I'm neutral to this idea. I'm not opposed to changing over, but I also don't see many valid reasons to change the status quo. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] ~ [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]]</sup>''' 06:44, March 21, 2013 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 06:44, 21 March 2013
The other day I was looking through Special:WikiFeatures and saw that the new forum design has been added to be able to use on a wiki. I don't know how long this has been there for but I figure I may as well bring it up since I've seen no discussion on it. What I'm asking is everyone's thoughts on it and if we should enable it.
Personally, I prefer the current system but I don't hate this one. So, if I don't like it, why bring it up? The answer is simple: to me, since it seems considerably simpler for new users and, as most admins know, we have somewhat of a problem with sustaining a userbase. I know everyone will likely write it off as useless but remember that the same thing was said about chat and its now a productive part of the wiki. So it comes down to whether we want to try our luck with this or just stick to the old system.
Here's an example of the new forum on my test wiki, feel free to play around with it, make posts, etc. And yeah, I realise this will probably get shot down before it lifts off, but w/e
Thoughts? ―ฬђ talk 04:57, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
Discussion
Honestly, I don't hate those forums. My only concern with them is regarding which aspects of the forums, of forum posts and threads, are editable by users and administrators. Right now in our forums, any user can (technically speaking) edit any thread, any post and any page. Would that same versatility exist in the new forum design? Another issue which you bring up is the matter of ease-of-use. Certainly the forums as they exist now are easy enough for experienced wiki editors to use, and the discussions are set up in a way that is familiar (at least for those of us who used to edit on the CPTP). Whether the current forum design acts as a suppressor of new user activity, I couldn't say.
Ultimately, I'm neutral to this idea. I'm not opposed to changing over, but I also don't see many valid reasons to change the status quo. -- LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 06:44, March 21, 2013 (UTC)