User blog comment:Dopp/Communicate Easily with Message Wall/@comment-3416945-20110927193735/@comment--20110928183359

The goal of this system is certainly to allow the same level, if not more, of communication that talk pages provide. So I would say it's going to be similar in function though obviously different in style.

We definitely have heard a lot of feedback about some of the user-customized templates and notices at the top of talk pages and will be looking at ways to carry them over to the new system.