User blog comment:TheEmbracedOne/Announcement - Comments Have Been Disabled/@comment-26293507-20200417103327/@comment-31620988-20200417104723

"So just ignore them? In fact the entire comment section can just be ignored for anyone looking for pure information on a page. " / "If you dont like the comment section just ignore it."

Our purpose is to upkeep and maintain a certain quality on the wiki, both in articles, comments and Discussions.

"People have genuine discussions about the lore of a particular thing or advice on how to beat it."

Discussions is there exactly for this purpose. You can also tag pages in there, by the way.

"Its much more convenient, well known, and easier to access than Reddit or the Discussion Place."

Its convenience is what lead to there being 90% of shitpost/low effort comments pretty much all over the wiki.

"Other Wikias usually leave the comment section open for a reason, just follow what the majority of other wikias feel is common sense. "

As DMSwordmaster said below: People saying that other wikis allow meme comments need to realize that each wiki can have its own set of rules. Of course, there are guidelines present throughout practically every wiki, but every wiki can also have its own unique additional set of rules. Just because something is allowed on one wiki does not, in any way, mean it's allowed for literally every wiki out there. Wikis have their own rules that need to be heeded.

It's funny how most people who complain only have 3-10 contribs to the wiki. Why is that?