Forum:Unrestricted removal in Message Wall currently flawed

I'm not going to use Message Wall to discuss this, because anyone can remove any message and you have to dig through Recent Changes to find out and restore them.

According to Wikia this is supposed to match how old talk pages work, but there is a key difference: talk pages had individual revision history, Message Walls do not (so far). Also, once a post is removed it doesn't leave a marker or link to the removed thread, so you're forced to look in Recent Changes to find it has been removed. This doesn't appear to be the completely the case for replies (marker, but no thread history link), so it isn't all bad, but it's pretty bad.

These things need to be changed. Sifting through Recent Changes is already somewhat tiresome (I do it alot), but I don't want to have to be a detective about removed posts and replies in a big mass of message walls.

...and don't try to reply to this discussion on my message wall, because I'll remove it. Why? Because I can. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 27 Jan 2012 9:31 AM Pacific


 * Did you try Message Wall:Fandyllic?action=history?


 * Why didn't they add a button or link!? -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 27 Jan 2012 10:03 AM Pacific


 * Probably the same reason why Oasis didn't have a visible history link until Wikia realized no one liked the "edited by" dropdown. Monobook has a history tab on walls and threads, but it's not in its normal place for some reason.


 * I don't think that is a good comparison. People didn't like the drop down, but they did like the links.
 * I'd also like to see message walls give user's more control over their own message wall. I would recommend giving the ability to hide a post or reply instead of removing it. If the post or reply is spam (which apparently is not agreed upon) or vandalism, then the notify admin checkbox should suffice for future removal (although who knows how that works).
 * Is it too much to ask for a help page or FAQ? -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 27 Jan 2012 10:15 AM Pacific