Allow me to respectfully disagree. I would agree with you on an intellectual level were it not for the extreme differences in implementation and high likelihood of user confusion. The modules are completely incompatible and, potentially, mutually exclusive.
Information is knowledge.
Knowledge is power or, possibly, a big stick. I hope I don't crack you over the head with this. Everything gets mixed together from the start. There are times when it is best to simply start over if the old ground has not been planned out for a larger community. The developers there now take no responsibility for this oversight and don't seem to have a problem with this mild alteration.