CI Forum Plugin or Integration

[eluser]Nick_MyShuitings[/eluser]
@Otemu - I agree

That is what I would say as well... a forum is nothing more then a different display for the article->comment paradigm. If you already were able to create registtration, commenting, rating etc... then why are you even considering bringing in bloat to your project?

What would be benefit that the forum would bring you? how many hours will you waste integrating it, rather then creating a pair of views and models to facilitate your needs?