I read on another wiki the following:
"Seriously. Say goodbye to them now while you still can, because I guarantee you will miss them when they're gone.
Wikia's latest in mandatory "improvements" will be to make all user talk pages function like blog comments. All talk pages will be rebranded as "Walls".
Also this:
- "It’s not a wiki page." - In other words, you can't edit the page itself. You can only edit the comments on the page. Say goodbye to clever talk page headers or adding an archive list to the top of your talk page. Also note that you will no longer be able to view the source of a talk page section, so it will be much more of a hassle to demonstrate wikicode for people during conversations.
- "Newer conversations are at the top of the page; archiving is automatic." - This means that you no longer have the freedom to regulate what is on your talk page. You will not be able to control when things get archived, because it will be done automatically by some kind of unintelligent program.
- "Messages are separated into conversations." - Since this separation is automatic, presumably you no longer have the ability to move misplaced comments to sections where they belong.
- "Messages are signed with your preferred name." - You no longer get to use clever personalized signatures on your comments. Instead, the comment will be tagged with your user name or whatever "aka" name you have set in your profile.
- "Wiki Activity will show messages grouped as conversations." - Prepare to be confused about which talk page has been edited when you see a long stream of "conversations" labeled "Hi" in the Wiki activity feed.
- "Wiki notifications appear in a new menu." - (Example) Golly gee, it's just like Facebook!
- "Your current talk pages will be archived." - Italic emphasis to indicate that it will be archivedautomatically whether you want it or not, and probably at a really inconvenient time when discussion is still ongoing.
Is our hour of darkness upon us now? Are we going to collapse? Time will tell, but for now, I fear the worst.
WHERE ARE YOU TOA OF LIGHT? OUR DARKEST HOUR IS HERE, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Blahmarrow 23:40, September 27, 2011 (UTC)