User blog comment:KyleH/Announcing: Blog articles/@comment-417287-20090630235146

Actually, I've grown quite attached to the blogs, and most certainly to the masthead, and considering most bugs have been fixed it's good timing to release them globally. The blogs pose a great way to express oneself, and even reflect on content, problems, updates, or announcements, all of which are valuable output for a wiki. Their easy commenting system is most definitely a plus, and they bring a little unique-professional quality to the wiki. They really are more or less an advanced type of forum that has auto-protection (to author and sysops), easy commenting, autosigning, easy to use design, and carry their own ability to be used in various ways.
 * All in all, I'm happy (for the first time) with regards to when Wikia released an extension globally. :)