Thread:Crimson Storm Mich/@comment-26811107-20170321045830

i was referred here from Wikia support, as I did not know who I was supposed to write about this. They told me it isn't a shared feature across Wikia (Fandom) but rather it ws implenmented by the Brave Frontier pages admins. I want to share what I wrote to them in it's entirety. At the risk of repeating what I wrote in my message, I want to say in brief that I feel it is a great dis-service to shut down conversations, especially in such a short time - and I hope you will reconsider that choice. I know it makes moderating easier, but it also makes for a stale experience. There are all kinds of reasons to come back and make new conversations on a wikia, and it is not helpful to run into a page for which a question arises and you are told you cannot "becuase there hasn't been any comments in 30 days":

"I have noticed particularly in the Brave Frontier wikis that there has been implemented a moratorium on conversations, and conversations that haven't been commented on    in 30 days   are being closed. This is not helpful to the wiki or the community, as you need to understand the nature of games like Brave frontier. The units may change over time, like the Omni units, so new questions / observations / discussions are needing to be had. Just because people haven't talked about something for a while does not mean the entire subject is moot forever. This "clean-up" is bad, because as the game changes people cannot get updated information from discussions in the wiki. This is a wiki, not a blog, the information should be maleable - but it isn't when you start shutting down pages and conversations. It is also arrogant to "decide" that there is no more conversation to be had about a subject, just because there hasn't been posts in a while. What about newer players, or people who just hadn't reached that part of the game yet? People might not of had questions a month ago, All in all it makes forquite a stale experience, since we come to find out what people are saying and you have stopped people from talking.

It fels like you are copying Reddit - but know that people do not like that aspect of Reddit. they PUT UP with it, but we would prefer to let our conversations continue unrestrained, which was one of the great things about the wikia that has now been neutered for the degradation of the experience. Please reconsider cutting off conversations, or at least only do it in areas that make sense. An ongoing, changing game like Brave Frontier does not need that feature, and it only makes the wikia less useful.

There are other games in the same category - like Warframe. Games that constantly change need for the discussions to not be date limited - at any time something can change and your pages become stale. The discussions are what keeps the wikia fresh - and you are making them moldy by telling anyone who comes with new information or questions to shut up because nobody else has spoken for 30 days. Please stop that, it is unhelpful, rude and makse people look elsewhere, where they are allowed to express their concerns."  