User blog comment:NeonSpotlight/Where did comments go?/@comment-50.53.139.17-20120807194306

The implied presumption to this question, that the wiki is faultless and requires no input whatsoever, is insulting to the community on its face.

The comments provide a great deal of feedback on game mechanics, design, item constructs, etc. and to question the necessity of the comments is to essentially state that the wiki is so perfect in the information that it provides that it needs nothing else.

Not only can you not expect every individual that comes to this site to edit the wiki for flaws, but you definitely can't expect every piece of relevant information to a page to affix itself to the permanent wiki. After all, what god determines what's relevant?

For the record, wikis DO have a comments section (such as Wikipedia), however, it is just more hidden. But every single page has comments associated with it. This wiki just makes the comments area more prominent.

To be honest, I think the reason I find this question offensive is because it feels more like the kings and queens sick of hearing the peasants outside their gates than it does an earnest question as to whether the comments are necessary. It seems convenient that those who would spend the most time with this site would be the only ones who really have a say about any of it. Guess who proposed this idea of getting rid of comments in the first place? For some reason, I'm not betting on the anonymous contributors.