Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-24006128-20200423160701/@comment-45310000-20200428230155

Andrewds1021 wrote: Your conclusion that this behavior is correct is entirely based on what you think the use of the user talk page is. However, the use varies on a per wiki basis. Just because your wiki uses them that way doesn't mean other wikis don't use them some other way. In fact, if it weren't for message walls (which BowiQC is complaining about), then user talk pages would be the only place to directly message the user. I realized my error in my thinking about this, but this can be solved with replacing ([ [User talk:username|talk]]) with ([ [Message Wall:username|wall)]]) in all places where it is generated for SpecialPages, and the signature template. To keep it that way would be a misnomer. I don't think the 'User talk:' namespace should be made inaccessible.

(edit 1:) BTW, I think the Fandom technomages might have heard me. I haven't yet found an instance in SpecialPages where 'talk' is being used, instead they all say 'Message Wall'. Hopefully the 'User talk:' redirect will be avoided.