Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4097117-20130822160810/@comment-5578690-20130822191443

no, its either one or the other. while talk pages can be archived, users may or may not sign on messages which makes it difficult to pin point who left the message. comments solve this issue though only local staff are allowed to remove comments or blog posts though this flaw exists within talk pages...

use your best judgement on which feature to activate