04-29-2025, 11:26 PM
Honestly, this is probably fine - if it's paired with strongly pushing the wiki as being the place to put everything of importance.
The biggest problem with Discord for our purposes is that it's not public for the internet to search, index, and archive information. The wiki is public, so this can be done properly. Sure it's not meant for discussion, but that's okay, because it doesn't need to be. Keep the discussion in Discord or IRC or what have you; keep the tools, guides, FAQs, "here's my workshop and showreel", etc on the wiki where everyone can see it (and collaboratively improve it).
The biggest problem with Discord for our purposes is that it's not public for the internet to search, index, and archive information. The wiki is public, so this can be done properly. Sure it's not meant for discussion, but that's okay, because it doesn't need to be. Keep the discussion in Discord or IRC or what have you; keep the tools, guides, FAQs, "here's my workshop and showreel", etc on the wiki where everyone can see it (and collaboratively improve it).