Thread:Speedit/@comment-5558012-20160911160610/@comment-5558012-20160911174622

One of my concerns with Discussions being so detached is that it could interfere with our forum affiliation. We agreed that the wiki could keep the Forum as it was existing already though I don't know how much Discussions would affect them. I'm brought back to one of 452's questions: is Discussions indexed?

Another was that I didn't want to even consider trying Discussions until it could stand up more with the current Forum. I want there to be order from the very beginning. Even so, moderation may be an issue. Someone has to be willing to do so while not actually limiting the wiki itself. Missing wikitext is a big issue too. Having a rich-text experience is slower as you have to highlight and click buttons instead of continuous typing.

One of my current forums has an off-topic section though I figure it's going to be necessary to kill that before Forum migration. Allowing fan fiction (we include role play in that definition) is going to be a problem and is likely not going to happen.

As for your proposed design, I like most of it. The feature must have the wiki nav and the background so people know that this isn't some third-party chat forum. I like the removal of share, upvote, and replay on the main feeds. I still think the discussions should be wider, and, as stated above, I'm not a fan of the Wikia's Community Page/Portal so I can't say I approve of that button.