User blog comment:Dopp/Communicate Easily with Message Wall/@comment-65179-20110926213940/@comment-65179-20110927004534

I feel like handle archiving and staying away from automatic pagination will help us to retain some of the current feel that's associated with talk pages. and I think you need to think about those of us who've been here for years, and already had to say goodbye to the editor we've known so well, a third of our screen real-estate, and a flexible menu system that was customizable to make information available to our users (4-7 item menus just isn't enough to do a good job on our wiki!).

I accept that the change is coming (and I'm still not sure what I think of this one), but I think that if you listen, you'll note the desire for our traditions, individuality, and personal control of our communications is strong. Threading good (IMO). Automatically moving our stuff around, not so much.

I will say that I appreciate that you seem to be considering points (when they're not accompanied by a mass of profanity and snarling, for which I don't blame you) and the fact that we'll have a chance to play with the tool as it develops. The change is coming, whether we want it or not. I appreciate the change to work with you to make sure the change is something acceptable and well suited to the needs of a wiki community rather than something completely without merit.