Board Thread:Suggestion Box/@comment-1173941-20161215235609

I was looking through the Wiki Features, when I saw Article Comments were disabled. Now, this was no surprise; Article Comments were disabled ages ago, back when the wiki was starting to pick up traction and attract a lot of users—and with it, vandalism. The admins and such weren't quite equipped to handle the influx of spam at that time.

However, with Wikia making a push to Fandom communities, I think we should start embracing the Community aspect of this site more. To do that, I propose we bring back Article Comments, to allow discussion on characters, novels and such. The problem of spam won't be as much an issue this time around with more hands on deck online most of the time. On top of that, we can relegate most topic-specific discussion and musings to Article Comments, where they're not likely to be overshadowed.

The only real (though minor) worry is that comments could start to flood the Recent Activities, which may frustrate editors who keep an eye on that. Still, this isn't likely to become a large issue, and if it does we can always choose to shut down comments again.

What does the community and other admins think about this?  