User blog comment:Kagimizu/Wiki Stagnation/@comment-4211788-20141230162218/@comment-1272757-20141230213632

The problem Minato is that the chat isn't helping the community get together where it counts; on the wiki itself. We have SFW Awards, Roleplays, and all kinds of great stuff that's died off because no-one can be bothered to get off their arse and actually take part! That's a far and very sad cry compared to how the wiki used to be, where friends and Users built entire small worlds with one another. With that in mind and the prior comments, the chat seems to be little more than a distraction that keeps people from actually putting effort and involvement into the wiki, and that needs to change.

Removing the wiki chat is a suggestion that is (currently) given with the idea of said removal being temporary. By removing the wiki chat the idea is to force (I don't like using that word but it's appropriate) the people who spend all their time on the chat to mingle with the rest of the wiki community. To actually get involved in the wiki itself and actually DO something. If it doesn't work then the chat will go right back up and we'll find another means of improving the sense of community for this wiki. But we've got to start somewhere, and to be quite frank the best idea seems to be to remove the one thing intrinsically separated from the rest of the wiki.