User blog comment:Poseidon133/Why do some wikis have talk pages?/@comment-1251315-20150415120733

Article comments make for unnecessary moderation. A wiki I only recently contributed to, has removed article comments because they were being used like a forum. Talkpages are far better, because they deliberately give the feeling that it's not a forum. I have no issue with Message Walls because they're alright, but article comments are a complete joke and should not have been conceived.

However, there's probably a reason why they're still around. If Wikia obliterated talkpages, there would no longer be a reason to have an option for having a signature. Comments and wall are auto signed, so if talkpages go, so do signatures. And there's no chance that people will be happy if signatures go.