Thread:Angelo Gabrini/@comment-28083312-20200620055548/@comment-28083312-20200702024229

Ah, you mean more active than they already are. Well, there's already that one 60+ comments user, & for those single-edit users, an optimized apparatus for social contribution should make more activity easier than what is currently offered (comments). Discussions are not part of the wiki, it has its own separate page that's not part of the wiki like comments and forums are, and you'd never get there without clicking on the discussions link Some people prefer to say that any *.fandom.com subdomain is a "community" or a "fandom", & that Discussions & the Wiki are separate but both exist within the same overall community. Does that seem more appropriate to you than saying that Discussions is part of the Wiki? Ultimately, Wikis are ruled by their communities, & Admins serve their communities. This is true for me as well, where I'm just an Admin on some of my old communities like Dragon Age. Why does participating in discussions suddenly make you a part of the wiki? You say "They want to participate in the Wiki via Discussions", but if people actually wanted to participate they would already be doing so like the many anons that comment daily If you want to use the more separate terms I laid out above, it makes you part of the community because you are engaging with the content, with the articles that have been written here, with what is being documented. Although it's certainly rare, since Discussions users help a more casual demographic, I have had many Discussions users become editors over the years. I've also met & worked with Discussions Moderators for three years now who can't quite grasp editing, but they're competent and passionate fans & very much a part of the communities I've run. Discussions users have been a plus, complimentary to the Wiki in their own way. They may not fit in the neat little box of article editor, but they're good to have around & they love to be around.