Talk:Steam Users' Forums

 Disagree -- Reduction to historical note instead of deletion: Rather than deleting the page, keep the Infobox, and delete most of the text and replace it with a past-tense statement like:

The Steam Users' Forums were the official Valve-hosted message boards for the Steam Community. The Steam Users' Forums contained a discussion board for nearly every game on Steam, including Team Fortress 2. In 201?, The Steam Users' Forums were replaced by .....

And add any other historically relevant information, like when it was replaced and by what. There are still over a hundred pages linked to this article and maybe they don't necessarily deserve to have the link deleted. Yes, there is high likelihood that any article linking to this needs maintenance, so, I don't think it should be deleted outright, but reduced to a few historical statements. Mikado282 (talk) 20:26, 11 July 2017 (PDT)

I concur, if for no other reason than historical significance. In addition, it is likely that there will be people that return to TF2 after a long absence and cannot find the fora. The Wiki is the most current resource so it would be a logical place to check for recent developments. --- Esky 20:37, 11 July 2017 (PDT)

I agree as well. I say we make this into an article about a forum that once existed, and make a new article about the new forums instead of updating this one (Steam Discussions?). ⇒ Anyar (talk/contributions/giveaway) 01:20, 15 July 2017 (PDT)

Go for it. I had entertained replacing the article with the above statement, but much of the article could be kept (Were the Layout section and the listing of the Team Fortress 2 sub-forums were ever necessary?) The Site compromise and Suggestions sections have more historic interest. If information is kept, there could be a general revision to past tense in sentences where present tense is now non-factual. Mikado282 (talk) 05:44, 15 July 2017 (PDT)

I agree with you Anyar. It is better to create a new page. Tiagoquix (talk) 13:58, 15 July 2017 (PDT)

To be clear, I support both the new article for Steam Discussions, and revision of the old Steam Users' Forums. Mikado282 (talk) 14:40, 15 July 2017 (PDT)

The page was tagged for deletion on 11 July 2017‎. Consensus was to not delete, tagging the page for update, 15 July 2017‎. M I K A D O 282 oOOOOo oo oo (talk) (Help Wanted!) 03:18, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Preserver

With the recent edits, I think the page is complete. Rather than past-tensing the remainder of the article, I propose that Admin tag everything below the table of contents for preservation. M I K A D O 282 oOOOOo oo oo (talk) (Help Wanted!) 18:30, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Preservervation

With the recent edits, I think the page is complete. Rather than past-tensing the remainder of the article, I propose that Admin tag everything below the table of contents for preservation. M I K A D O 282 oOOOOo oo oo (talk) (Help Wanted!) 18:31, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Creating a page for the TF2 Steam Discussions?

Since the User Forum page was so well-made, why don't we make another one for its modern counterpart? Especially since the game endorses the discussions themselves via the "New User Forum" button (if it worked, that is). If anything, we could just make a paragraph or two about it and just copy half of this page's contents for the sake of skipping most of the already low busywork. lol no 17:03, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Maybe not needed. I would think that present Steam Discussions is a case of OtherWikis. A link to the TF2 forum in the lead would suffice. M I K A D O 282 ⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ (talk) (Help Wanted!) 01:34, 18 September 2020 (UTC)