Board Thread:Wiki Improvements/@comment-25375217-20150701205951

I've been a rollback here for about eight months now. In that time, I've been basically left in charge of the Wiki for long periods of time multiple times (for perfectly understandable reasons, but still) and I've found that a lot of people don't seem to understand about my job.

I'm not an admin. I can't delete pages, I can't ban users. But I still have authority, and the amount of disrespect I (and the other admins) been given is getting pretty out of hand. Most of it isn't purposeful, I don't think any of you are actually trying to disrespect us, but I feel like need to point this out.

First off: off-topic commenting. I understand that you all want to chat with your friends, but this is an official rule, and you should know not to do it. We've provided you with many different places for discussion. Pages on episodes, characters, etc. are intended for discussion about those episodes, characters, etc. It's a basic request. Some wikis don't allow discussion on pages at all (OUAT Wiki, for example). We're being generous with our commenting policies. We just ask that you keep it on topic.

Second off: warnings and reminders. I don't throw these out willy-nilly, and I'm nearly positive none of the other admins or rollbacks do either. The policies are clear and simple: no swearing, no off-topic commenting, no being rude or starting arguments. If you believe that you were warned/reminded for no good reason, feel free to bring it up politely and I'm completely willing to rethink. But if you come at me screaming and yelling, it doesn't make the situation better.

Thirdly: professionalism is important, I promise. It makes people more interested in the wiki and more likely to join, which gives you all more people to talk to (which you love doing). If I remove your trivia point and tell you it was bad trivia, I'm not trying to be mean. I'm trying to make the wiki as a whole a better place for information and much easier to read. When you add it back multiple times (i.e. Auslly's relationship status being "in love with", or Musicals & Moving on "likely being the finale") with no evidence or counter-arguments, it's extremely frustrating and highly disrespectful. It's the same thing as warnings and reminders; if you think it was removed for no good reason, bring it up politely and I'll reconsider. But just adding it back after it's been removed multiple times doesn't help.

I think that's basically everything. I know this was kind of rant-y and sounded pretty mean, but that's not my intention. I'm trying to draw everyone's attention to a serious problem on the wiki in order to make this a happier, more comfortable place instead of stressful and filled with arguments.

Thanks guys.

DatNuttyKid (talk) 20:59, July 1, 2015 (UTC) 