User blog comment:Jenburton/Coming Soon: Message Wall in Labs/@comment-737801-20111024221751/@comment-1788742-20111024224324

That really isn't the point I (or Lancer) am trying to make here. I'm saying that the wall carries an Interface Metaphor because it looks like it's been designed for short messages. Yes, talk pages have limitations. But Message Wall isn't the answer. If some wikis want it, fine. But some don't, and on wikis, it's okay to have different opinions. It's what makes Wikia such a great website.

And honestly, Message Wall is, at the moment, harder to navigate than a talk page, due to the thread problems.

Regarding your other points, on my home wiki we do have strong local discussion policies. I do have the guts to implement them, I have in the past. Besides, that's not what we're saying here. We're saying that the Message Wall has the look and feel of something unprofessional, and prefer the more professional, and more easy to use talk pages. Message Wall may eventually be easier to use, but that doesn't automatically make it a better feature.