User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-3398493-20160908210805

At first I was excited about this but after learning some things and reading the comments here I changed my mind. The reasons: Overall, I firmly beleive that the best solution would be keeping the forums and have this Discussion thing to be its own feature. Updating the forums would also be a great thing to do. Please read our comments and consider our thoughts. We also want o the best for wikia. I love the forums section and I wouldn't like to replace it but rather upadte it.
 * No wiki-text
 * Things like templates don't work. At my wiki we use templates so have "emoticons" at our forum discussions. In the new feature this can not happen.
 * Different usage. Forums are of VITAL IMPORTANCE since with them, members which are dedicated to the wiki can make discussions for the wiki and its future. Why should this be mixed with other people who don't know how the wiki operates and they may make silly posts or just post about something and don't care about gathering info and help the wiki grow. Discussions is like a social media feature.
 * No highlight which greatly helps other members to notice an important post.