User blog comment:Jenburton/An Update on Message Wall/@comment-1142365-20111002154432/@comment-10532749-20111007234532

I would like content editor to be completely different that it is now. I'm sad to say that editors that are worked on at the moment (including those for core MediaWiki) are not of the type I would like to see. This is, however, a topic for longer discussion.

Until than I must partially agree with you, that having easier Talk Pages takes users further away from editing content. Only partially though, because Talk Pages have their own rules that are hard to follow, unlike content editing that is usually easier. Besides, having easier form of communication also allows you to teach others what they need to know about content editing. For the main part I do agree, as the skill set itself from just messaging each other does not transfer.

The goal however is not to have User talk pages as hard as content editing, but having content editing as easy as Message Wall.