User blog comment:Toughpigs/Wikia's new Forum demo/@comment-1411998-20120726092725/@comment-10370-20120726205206

Closing threads is coming soon.

We're experimenting with Highlights right now as an alternative to sticky threads. Forums that use sticky threads always end up with three or four at the top of every board that just become space-wasting wallpaper, even for new people. We're trying out the Highlight feature to see if that helps showcase an important thread without sticking it in the middle of everyone's screen forever.

Preview will be coming both for Forum and Message Wall a little later this summer.

I wrote about the transition for old forums above. Thanks (to you and everybody so far) for all your thoughts and questions!