User blog comment:Toughpigs/Wikia's new Forum demo/@comment-413936-20120829031420

This looks interesting in the least. I head up 3 wikis, and we only use the current forums on one of them. On the other main one, we instead use the Blogs. This has been in part due to the difficulty in telling posts apart from each other, especially when several parties are needing to make multi-paragraph replies on several related issues. The only thing that sometimes gets annoying with using the blogs for forums is the "reverse-order" deal. It's fine with short discussions, but can be a hassle with long discussions about stuff such as maintenance issues. Here are a few things I'd personally be wondering:


 * Would there be a way to re-organize posts that were added to an incorrect discussion?


 * Would certain features be optional?
 * While I see threads can be organized into boards, is there a capability for sub-dividing them? Like Main -> Policy Discussions -> Image Policy? Sort of like a category divided into subcategories of articles, except for the forum base.
 * A policy and FAQ section definitely sounds good! : D
 * How long would notifications last for highlighted threads? The Huntik Wiki is a smaller community and online time can vary a ton.
 * Would offensive / spam posts be able to be flagged for removal so that an admin is notified? I could see a lot of potential abuse by vandals if post removal or editing another user's post were freely open.