User blog:Roads/Article Commenting: Is It Really a Good Idea Here?

I do not think that we should keep Article Comments here. For starters, a friend said that they are all separate pages, meaning if a page is renamed or deleted, a separate log entry will appear in the Move and Deletion Logs. He also said why his wiki doesn't use commenting.

Another reason is that they make the page seem longer in the scroll bar, even though comments eventually get divided into mini-pages if there are too many, and people tend to not want to read through really long pages.

A third reason is that IPs and other users seem to be adding useless comments, and comments (and talk pages) are supposed to be used to discuss improvements to the article's content, not how cool this alien is or how deadly that villain is. It also makes the page—and the wiki—seem sloppy, since this is supposed to be Ben 10 Planet, the Ultimate Ben 10 Resource.

I hope the admins at least consider my point. If you leave it, fine. I'm not trying to boss the admins around. IF they disable them, also fine. I'm just noticing and pointing this out, and also with a solution. We only use them on the fan fiction wiki because there's more of a reason to compliment the authors.

Fasttrack! Not XLR8, not Ultimate XLR8, not Clockwork, not Eatle! 17:36, October 6, 2011 (UTC)