Board Thread:Forum Migration/@comment-31797469-20191119112641


 * I will be brief in explanations here, and provide more details/background in a comment/response.

Forum Shutdown
In mid-January 2020 (about two Months from now), these Forums will be shut down by FANDOM, as part of their UCP Migration. None of us here wants this, but it is going to happen so we have to deal with it.

What will happen?
These Forums (Special:Forum) will be completely disabled (removed), and all threads will be converted to Discussion posts.

What can we use instead?
There are many options available, but they mostly come down to these three:
 * Use Discussion.
 * This is the default solution and the one suggested to us by FANDOM.
 * Use the old version of Forums: Forum:Index.
 * We have requested this feature to be reactivated, but is still not usable. And it is really not user-friendly.
 * Use some external forums outside of FANDOM

Obviously, none of these are ideal. But they are the only options available to us.

How can we prepare?
This is kind of what I want us to talk about here, and the main reason for this thread.
 * We could continue using these forums right up until the point where they are disabled, and we are forced to move.
 * This is risky since a lot of people will be confused by the sudden lack of the regular forums and most might simply leave the wiki altogether.
 * Alternatively, we could have a transition period, where we have as many people as early as possible move current activities to Discussions, and use these forums as a way to help people on how to use Discussions.

I am personally in favor of the second option, but would like to hear the opinions of as many people as possible. 