Thread:DaNASCAT/@comment-125.39.134.57-20120324015308/@comment-4674838-20120327002442

@Pecoes: Why exactly should forums or user talk pages resemble the article space so closely? Forums / user talk pages are used for direct communication between people, whereas the article space is not. I would expect there to be differences in functionality, as there are differences in purpose. (Also, why are people able to edit other's profiles anyway? There's no need for that functionality, it's just another wide open, troll-sized door in my opinion.)

I also see no need for people to learn from code in forums. There are plenty of other avenues for that, such as talk pages, sandboxes, project namespace, etc. This is not the primary purpose of forums imo -- it is a nice, additional, on-the-side feature, not a priority.

Your last question gives me some pause. The obvious answer is no, we would prefer people to be responsible and not require admins to take care of everything. What I will bring up in response is two points:
 * 1) This is just a rehash of my opinion above, but forum posts (and really, talk page posts) should "belong" to the author in the sense that non-admins should not be able to modify them. These are primarily personal communications and should be treated and respected as such, just as blogs and comments are. To say that articles belong to the community, therefore personal communications should as well is not a solid argument, in my opinion. I mean, it's not like personal account details such as passwords belong to the community.
 * 2) Why let people modify others' forum posts? There's not any physical, non-philosophical need for that functionality, as people can modify what the person said when quoting them. Again, why give trolls and vandals another opening?