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Welcome to the brand new screamer forums! Unfortunately, we cannot get FANDOM's snazzy version, however, you may be familiar with this kind of forum anyways (as it is what Wikia used to use).[[User:Lawiki1534|Lawiki1534]] ([[User talk:Lawiki1534|talk]]) 05:44, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Welcome to the brand new screamer forums! Unfortunately, we cannot get FANDOM's snazzy version, however, you may be familiar with this kind of forum anyways (as it is what Wikia used to use).[[User:Lawiki1534|Lawiki1534]] ([[User talk:Lawiki1534|talk]]) 05:44, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
:To reply, use the <nowiki>:</nowiki> symbol. [[User:Lawiki1534|Lawiki1534]] ([[User talk:Lawiki1534|talk]]) 05:47, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
::If you are replying to a reply, just keep adding colons. [[User:Lawiki1534|Lawiki1534]] ([[User talk:Lawiki1534|talk]]) 05:48, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
:::Is this really the only way this can be done? I don't really feel comfortable communicating through edits, anyone could potentially impersonate anyone else and put words in their mouth, or simply censor what others are writing. I'm aware that there are edit histories, but I still see the potential for vandalism, and it could be challenging to supervise it all. It's also awkward having to manually enter your username and the time and date at the end, and yet again, I think this could easily be abused. [[User:RogueHarrier|RogueHarrier]] ([[User talk:RogueHarrier|talk]]) 00:22, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
::::This was built as a temporary fix (as in the future, a PHPBB forum may replace this). [[User:Lawiki1534|Lawiki1534]] ([[User talk:Lawiki1534|talk]]) 00:27, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
:::::That's all right then. It'll do for the fledgling stages of this new site, as long as we get a proper forum eventually, after hopefully bringing this site up to scratch. [[User:RogueHarrier|RogueHarrier]] ([[User talk:RogueHarrier|talk]]) 00:39, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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News and Announcements

Welcome to the brand new screamer forums! Unfortunately, we cannot get FANDOM's snazzy version, however, you may be familiar with this kind of forum anyways (as it is what Wikia used to use).Lawiki1534 (talk) 05:44, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

To reply, use the : symbol. Lawiki1534 (talk) 05:47, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
If you are replying to a reply, just keep adding colons. Lawiki1534 (talk) 05:48, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Is this really the only way this can be done? I don't really feel comfortable communicating through edits, anyone could potentially impersonate anyone else and put words in their mouth, or simply censor what others are writing. I'm aware that there are edit histories, but I still see the potential for vandalism, and it could be challenging to supervise it all. It's also awkward having to manually enter your username and the time and date at the end, and yet again, I think this could easily be abused. RogueHarrier (talk) 00:22, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
This was built as a temporary fix (as in the future, a PHPBB forum may replace this). Lawiki1534 (talk) 00:27, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
That's all right then. It'll do for the fledgling stages of this new site, as long as we get a proper forum eventually, after hopefully bringing this site up to scratch. RogueHarrier (talk) 00:39, 23 August 2019 (UTC)