User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first specifics on the Unified Community Platform/@comment-1807002-20191019001809

When I discovered comments (years ago) as a new bureaucrat of an adopted wiki- I disliked them they kept people from editing the article but 1 article depended fully on the comments and I had to keep them to keep my wiki community happy (they totally revolted when I disabled for 12 hours- when I was still learning how to be an admin- I re-enabled almost as soon as I knew how much they needed it). But some people don't want to edit just backseat drive by commenting in an article.

Comments are tricky they can help transcend a viewer into an editor or just be a negativity/troll/spam magnet. I do not envy staff who are trying to figure this out I don't know if you could even please half the people let a lone most. Unless you provide multiple choices like how we have multiple editing or category view options.

Expand Discussions options/views/etc, I feel it is limited and lots of wiki stuff doesn't work on it. If Discussions is the replacement of forums it needs improvements it is kind of almost like it doesn't belong with wiki (as in I feel I am going off-site).

I'd love if article comments where replaced with an Wiki Feature rating in inboxes (5 star system or 2-3 rating option (like Heart = Liked/loved, Star = Favoured, and an indifferent symbol)) and perhaps social media likes/dislikes for those who have value in those ratings for the article. I find more are willing to rate, star, like, dislike, etc. as feedback vs. commenting these days anyways. Having options to what articles can be rated or not- would be nice too (all yes, all no or chosen which can). Also having articles being favoured to a wiki account would be helpful too. Seeing what articles are favoured, liked/disliked, rated- more or less speaks more than rando article comments.

Rating the item/object/product/etc for database type wikis vs. rating the article for how much it helps a viewer or how well it is displayed can be perceived as 2 different things so I hope if considered will be taken in hand.

For staff TLDR:
 * if you keep any sort of comment options make it an option for individual articles not an all or nothing.
 * if you keep comments make multiple view/organization options so wikis can set up a way that best suits them.
 * expand Discussions options, I feel it is limited and lots of wiki stuff doesn't work on it.
 * add a rating system in infobox and/or article option (social media options too)
 * add a favouring/bookmarking system to a wikia account.