Board Thread:Moderation Desk/@comment-5722194-20160209164539/@comment-7263041-20160209211108

I don't even see how you could have come to that conclusion Maxen.

Comments on wiki pages do not appear within the article itself (but rather below it, you have to keep scrolling past the end of the article to see them), meaning that they do not detract in any way, shape or form from the presentation of the actual article. Even on mobile devices comment sections have to be expanded to be seen and repied to.

This is simply a means to silence focused commentary and criticism. No more questions about page content, not without calling out the page author. No more criticism on pages that have glaring issues.

Now people will have to go to the forums to ask questions and post criticism, which may not even get the page authors attention unless the post created really takes off and becomes a major talking point. At least with comments on pages, page authors recieve emails telling them that someone has commented, or replied to a comment on their page.

The fact that this decision has removed all comments, when some of those comments were decent discussions that helped change pages for the better, is icing on the cake here. This shouldn't have happened.