MediaWiki talk:Forum-policies-and-faq

Topics
I think the section on topics needs to clarify that a topic cannot be arbitrary and must be the name of a page. I'm not sure if the page must be in the main namespace, or in a content namespace. I know "User:452", "Special:Forum" and "Help:Forums" don't work as topics. I had assumed that the Help namespace as a content namespace here. -452 18:33, December 12, 2012 (UTC)


 * At the moment only main namespace pages can be used as topics (for all of Wikia). There are plans to expand that to other namespaces, including Help, in the new year. However, even sooner we might try something else for Central that's somewhat unique, so more to come on this subject. The policies will be updated accordingly for more clarity at that time. BertH (help forum | blog) 20:58, December 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Being able to use a Forum: page as a topic would definitely be useful, either for continuing an old discussion, or for someone else to reference an old discussion as an answer to a new question. -452 06:17, December 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Wouldn't it be it be more clear to just link to the old Forum page from within the text of your post, where you can give it more context? Topics are meant to be "here's more on this subject" links at the bottom of the thread, connecting to other Forum threads and the content pages themselves. Following on what I said before, here's how we're going to use topics on the Central Forum: Community_Central:Forum_Topics. BertH (help forum | blog) 21:37, December 13, 2012 (UTC)