Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43596541-20200205202403/@comment-168424-20200206212106

Andrewds1021 wrote:

Fandyllic, that might be the general opinion here on Community Central and a few other wikis but I have no issue believing that most wikis find Discussions a suitable replacement. It is almost never possible to please everyone and FANDOM has found a solution which it thinks will satisfy most communities. They consider Discussions the replacement for Forums and have officially presented it as such. Therefore, when discussing the removal of Forums with a user whose position on the matter is undetermined, I believe it makes most sense to consider Discussions the replacement for Forums; whether or not I think it is a good replacement.

I don't disagree that FANDOM staff considers Discussions a replacement for Forum, but they also have acknowledged that some wikis need something better than Discussions and for those wikis, Discussions isn't a replacement. Also, BluesDriver is clearly in the camp that is looking for features in a replacement that Discussions doesn't have, but Forum does. So for those admins and users, the removal of Forum with the offer to use Discussions which they have already said is insufficient is not a replacement.

Believing something makes the most sense without taking the perspective of those who disagree is like saying "it's okay for me, so it should be okay for you". This is not a compelling argument.