Forum:Disabling the Chat Feature?

Yes, I already know that most of you will be against this. However, I feel as a member of this wiki (and one who's been around longer then all but a few of the active members), I should be allowed to speak my opinion. This whole forum regards the chat room feature, something I'm honestly getting sick and tired of dealing with. Yes, I know I'm a chat mod, but, it only causes more hassle and work for the admins.

One of the main reasons I suggest that the wiki chat room be shut down is the amount of noncontributory editors it brings to the wiki, some of who are here only for the chat room. I've lost track of the amount of users I've seen who are in the chat room for hours at a time, but who don't edit the mainspace. I only see user page editing, talk page editing and the uploading of many, many useless images (which in the end, lags the server and also affects PCA).

Another reason I would like to see the chat shut down is the amount of spam it brings. I see countless users that come into the chat room for nothing but advertisement purposes, and that's not only against WWikia policy, but also against Wikia policy in general. If you want users to come to your wiki, say you're a member on your user page and hopefully they'll check it out.

One last reason, is the asinine amount of role-play in the chat room, when this is supposed to be a encyclopedia for Warriors. If a user comes her, thinking it's for role-play, the first thing they do is check out the chat room. It's clearly stated that role-play isn't allowed, but users fail to follow those rules.

I've kicked quite a few users in the short time I've been a chat mod, and I don't like it. All it does is cause fighting on talk pages, and hate wars with other users. This wiki would be a lot better off without the chat room, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks that. So, comments anyone? 17:32, October 15, 2011 (UTC)