Thread:ZeroExalted/@comment-5850386-20131210063124/@comment-1242640-20131210140430

Why do we need page comments in the first place? They detract from the article (and the Wiki as a whole), by focusing more on irrelevant social interactivity than actually contributing to the page (and I could say the same thing for both Chat and Message Walls, though obviously, you guys would start griping about that, too). Not very many Wikis allow the comment system, for that very reason. People go straight to the comments, talk there all day compared to how many actual edits they make, and then leave feeling as though they've done enough for the day.

And unless most of you actually edit (most, not just one or two people) while comments are down, instead of lurking around the site, in Chat, or by passing the time on other people's walls, you'd just be proving my point.