User blog:Roads/Suggestion - Chat Log

One of the big problems in chat is that you can't go back and prove someone said something, or didn't say something. It's said, the others in the chat read it, and it floats up to the far top and disappears forever as people leave. There's no log.

In Minecraft servers, everything (chat and commands inputted to the console) is not only shown in the console, but it's also put in a massive .log file, which is pretty much a Notepad file in all but file extension name.

I suggest something similar for Wikia. Every wiki with chat on would get a "Chat log" in Special:Log. This would display everything put into the chat, even private messages, including the users the messages are between. But to keep them "private," only admins can view this log. Only admins really need to, anyway. Just like how staff can tell if two users share an IP address, but don't give it out, admins could take requests to look something up, and prove whether or not it's there.

So...

How do you like this idea? I like it. Staff should add it. I like it, but it needs changes (comment) I don't like it. Staff shouldn't add it. No opinion.