Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-27108700-20160910215843/@comment-4360159-20160912175507

This is a wiki that can survive without Wikia's integrated chat, at the moment. However, removing it does make chat a lot less accessible to new editors. Some people are just not enticed to create a whole new account on a different platform (assuming they do not already have one) just so they can check out the chat.

Discord's great for regulars, but probably not for bringing in all too much new traffic. This wiki is still bustling, but it's already peaked. Removing Wikia's chat will make "entry" into the community just that much more difficult.

–That and I just don't see many negatives to keeping the chat. Resources (e.g. moderators) may be split among the two, but this is hardly a dilemma considering one is barren a lot of the time (but isn't always empty). A simple notice saying that the Discord is the main medium of communication on Wikia's chat should suffice– new entrants may want to chat on Wikia, and later if they "like what they see", they may then sign-up for the Discord.