Forum:Emoticons

They need removing. Here is my take on it.

For
 * Clumsy, larger than text and bright: Draws away focus from text and draws attention to words near it only.
 * Causes the chat bugs: The chat doesn't scroll down automatically after every message once a line with an emoticon is sent.
 * Causes lag: Forces image loading, and cripples many old/laggy computers.
 * Annoying: very unnatractive, with the exception of (w).
 * Useless: Normal face emotes are more effective, and editors are more attuned to them.
 * Easy to spam: Useful for a troll/spammer, particularly when used with the lag component to delay bans.

Against
 * Lose out on Wikia's wonderful new innovation.
 * You get longer and more confusing logs.
 * Can't get the message accross (?)

These are my points. Discuss.