Forum:Special:Chat

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http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j426/EnemyPeacemaker/Images%20for%20Zeldapedia/CommunityCentral-WelcometotheCommunityCentralchat2011-05-1413-01-22.png So, over the past month or so, I've been testing out Community Central's Special:Chat. It seems like a decent Special:Page. It's still in beta mode, but it'll be released to wikis in time, through WikiaLabs. My question is, do we want our own Special:Chat?

To the right is what Community Central's Special:Chat looks like, the appearance would be based off of the Wikia/Oasis/Fail theme. And it's usable by anybody, if they use Wikia/Oasis/Fail, and the way to get it in monobook includes ?useskin=wikia.

A few points I have: http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j426/EnemyPeacemaker/Images%20for%20Zeldapedia/RecentWikiActivity-WikiaCommunityCentral2011-05-1413-14-06.png
 * Much like the IRC, this could possibly cause a lot of drama.
 * Shoutbox mourners now have a new place.
 * Spam. It is usable by anybody with an account, and if we don't have moderators in the chat, who can ban them?
 * They're still figuring out the whole banning system.
 * There is a user right called "Banned from chat" I blieve.
 * We already have the IRC.
 * We now have an on-site area where people can chat without having to deal with the IRC.
 * We might get people, much like the blog spammers, who only join to use the chat.

Special:Chat is accessed through the WikiActivity "rail", under the Community-corner message. The "Join Chat" section is shown on the right. It shows some people who are online, and shows their avatars as well.

Moderators to the chat are shown with a bold faced font. And the individual user that is using the chat is shown above the user list.

I don't necessarily see benefits to this, and I don't necessarily see cons to this. In ways it could be cool, and in others it could not.

My only major concern is, we're a wiki not a blogging site. -- BassJapas (Talk)  17:24, May 14, 2011 (UTC)