Board Thread:Petitions/@comment-28083312-20171031113732/@comment-26806340-20171102124258

THE POINT IN A FEW BULLETS why is this even necessary? but comments are useful! but then where do i go? As you can see, disabling and deleting comments will bring a plethora of benefits, while the cons are few and alternatives are plenty.  VOTE TO DISABLE COMMENTS — ALL PROS FOR THE PAGES & WIKI, NO CONS FOR THE CONTENT & COMMUNICATION 
 * Data shows our visitors are actually mostly adults, yet our editors are mostly teens. What could be the cause?
 * It turns out, based on interviews and personal experience from many of our older users, that our comments have been driving people away — they're pretty childish.
 * Turning off comments, whether temporarily or permanently, would be the fastest way by far to clean up a highly visible eyesore and bring in experienced editors, and as will be explained, will only mildly hinder any previous uses of the feature.
 * However, usually comments have little to no info that is not in the article — most of the time they are either random posts without value to the community, screenshots, or discussions which while nice, are typically already inactive and ded. That means deleting existing comments won't be too much of a big deal, as either they had little value, or already served their purpose long ago.
 * For discussions, as its name implies, Discussions is a great supplement in lieu of Comments, and can be patrolled far more easily. All the same great discussions, but none of the spam.
 * Forum is also a great place for discussions related to the game — there's even a whole board dedicated to it.
 * If you need to suggest changes to an article, Talk pages are always there. Give'em a chance.