Talk:Suggestion/@comment-749631-20160321072837/@comment-26486243-20160323163643

While I'd prefer to err on the side of 'doing fockin' nothing', if you really want a solution that would harmonise the information on both RU and the update threads, both of the following are necessary. Bear in mind that while this IS a complete solution, it requires a large amount of work to make it happen, so if you want to do it, you may have to either do it yourself OR recruit new moderators willing to make it happen.

1. To make both the RU page AND the various threads updated at the same time, it will be necessary to create a page for every single update. This page contains common core information that will be included in both the thread and the RU page, and since it is a normal page, any wiki user can edit it, unlike current thread OPs. Then to make it work, transclude this 'update information' page into BOTH the RU page and its dedicated thread. The 'update information' page will have comments locked down, while RU and the thread remain open. Any new information from tweets, etc will be updated by editing the page directly, which updates both of the areas that it shows up. The most recent thread will continue to be highlighted so that discussion is directed to the thread.

Requirement: Dedicated moderator to create 'update information' pages for EVERY SINGLE UPDATE henceforth, and set up the transclusions. The only duty of this moderator for this capacity is setting up the page and transclusions - the discussions themselves will continue being moderated by discussions moderators, and the updating of the 'information' pages will be done by any user who can translate tweets or link external sources like Comptiq.

2. Discussions moderators will need to move threads from Recent Updates into the discussions pages if they pertain to specific updates. Threads that discuss multiple updates at once, 'I forgot to PvP before maintenance' miscellaneous threads, help request threads and whatnot will be left as-is. This will require dedication at least in the early period of inception, until users get used to the idea that they should speculate on specific updates in specific threads. If this job is not done, the comments can and will go everywhere.

If you don't feel strongly enough about the issue to be prepared to do this level of work, then please just leave things unchanged. The current system has its issues, but poor attempts at fixing it will make things worse than they are right now.