User blog comment:Timeoin/I'm back again, everyone/@comment-5276421-20111105041743

As a moderator at the Fallout Wiki (The Vault), I can say with the utmost sincerity that wikia chat is the better choice. With IRC, a a separate account is required for chatting whereas here, you need only push a button and start conversing with your fellow Elder Scrolls fanatics. Another advantage of wikia chat is that if there is a vandal going about, a member of the community can check the chat for an admin rather than deal with the tedious method of communication that is involved with talk pages. Which brings me to my next point, at the Fallout Wiki, many members of the community who had little or no contact with each other before got to know each other, and some have even become good friends. Had we had to communicate somewhat slowly via talk pages, this may never had happened. This wiki is run by a dedicated community and I feel that the community could benefit greatly from wikia chat. Oh, and you mentioned that anyone can enter wikia chat? On the Fallout Wiki, only registered members are allowed to join. This helps prevent anons who may only want to troll entering chat.