Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1526346-20170909190537/@comment-1526346-20170912103413

TheKorraFanatic wrote: Lady Aleena wrote:

TheKorraFanatic wrote: In my opinion, message walls are better than talk pages. Talk pages just feel odd, outdated, and hard to use. I take it that you did not migrate here from Wikipedia to escape the fiction (fancruft) purge? Lady Aleena (talk) 10:02, September 12, 2017 (UTC) Nope, I have no clue what the fiction (fancruft) purge even is.

It was when some Wikipedia editors started putting articles on aspects of fictional works was put under a microscope. Those articles that were considered "cruft" were put up for deletion. Writing articles on fictional characters, places, and things became harder since rules were made to include notability, real-world view, and third-party articles on the subject. So, I wrote a series of articles on the places of Raymond E. Feist's large series of novels a long time ago, but they are almost all gone now because those fictional places were not notable and there was no real-world stuff. Even though Crydee is where Pug, a central figure of those novels, grew up; an article on Crydee would not be notable enough to get an article on Wikipedia. So, while the article would not be accepted on Wikipedia, it would be accepted on the Midkemia wiki. All of the fancruft has come to Wikia/Fandom. Lady Aleena (talk) 10:34, September 12, 2017 (UTC)

Just because the articles on Wikia/Fandom would be considered "cruft" on Wikipedia, doesn't mean that I want to see the Wikpedia style site get tossed. I still prefer to see Wikia/Fandom more focused on the articles than socializing. So, talk pages are enough socializing for me. I don't think creating more social features will help the articles get better. Lady Aleena (talk) 10:43, September 12, 2017 (UTC)