User blog comment:Dopp/Communicate Easily with Message Wall/@comment-1724320-20111012061333/@comment-2217546-20111013010808

Honestly, this entire Message Wall idea is garbage, in my opinion. After examining the true build of the idea, I thought of a variety of ways that it could be saved, but after testing it out, it is simply worthless. Wikia has already invested enough time into the proposal to "throw into the garbage" so to speak. Think about it from this aspect as well. I used to run a website, and I know HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript. On my website, I personally never would have stood for operating discussions in a Talk Page format. And come to think of it, it would not have even been possible without finding some strange code similar to what Wikia uses for editing. Another reason I would not have particularly favored Talk Pages, is the reality of it. Think about today's day and age, with technological advancements that would have seemed Eons away 500 years ago. Comments; and Message Wall formats are of growing popularity. Talk Pages, to be honest, are the Libraries of the Interent, to use a somewhat proportional equivalent. There are many major Interent resource sites — Wikia being one that comes to mind. All of these sites out date a Town's Library. To go back on my statement, I think Talk Pages; which have a need to be edited, fit the way Wikia works. I spoke with a new user on my wiki: and she had just became acquaineted with Talk Pages. I know she won't have trouble with this Wall Format, but she did say it would confuse her. Where did Wikia get the idea for Talk Pages... hmmm... Wikipedia is the site, and it certainly spawned much of Wikia's styles today. Over time Wikia branched out and adopted their own style, but seriously: Wikipedia won't be putting through this change! (at least, not to my knowledge)

There are so many more problems with this Message Wall; but discuss them all in great depth; let's just say we'd all be here for a while. I don't want to see what's next for updating a feature like this on Wikia.