Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-5275700-20160314184502/@comment-26213507-20160315014923

In full agreement of the posts above. Also good to here that closing discussion will be implemented soon, as the only way currently is deleting the thread, which may not be ideal, as normal users cannot view deleted posts. In addition:
 * Reported posts should show who reported the post. This will help if random posts are spam reported in finding the culprit.
 * Definitely no merge. From my moderating/use, I've seen both the forums and discussions have completely different users/attitudes. If there is a merge, then a large group from both sides may leave (don't know why honestly, but I know it will happen somehow). Best separate, as I mentioned in my email.
 * Editing posts are also beneficial, as if a user breaks policy within their post, but has good info other wise, you can edit them to only have the info, then leave a warning. In agreement with the showing edits, as it can be seen when a mod intervenes.
 * Maybe an ability similar to a highlight (maybe like a multi-upvote ability or something) in order to point out important posts. This will allow users to see important posts easier, rather than waiting for a bunch of upvotes from other people.
 * Somehow connecting discussions to the normal contributions. At current, on the wiki, users with a lot of posts appear only having 0 edits. Even though they can be viewed on the look at all posts screen, you can't see on the contribs. However, they should be somehow kept separate too, such as Special:EditCount having a specific part to say discussions, but not on the contrib list; only edit count.

Overall, the discussions are looking alright. For the most part, the problems that occurred are due to users not knowing moderators were moderating until recently. After some tweaks, maybe they can completely mature.