Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-5518179-20150721083403

So, you all might've noticed I haven't stepped foot in chat for quite a while. I'm not depressed or anything, I've just been spending time on another wiki, and it is quite refreshing to be honest. I feel like I'm part of a community, unlike here, where I'm kind of given the cold shoulder in chat 24/7, and nothing really seems to go on.

Many people have mentioned we should run this place like a government, and I completely disagree with that. No, that doesn't mean I want to go communist on this place, it means I want to stop making this place seem so big, giant, organized, and controlled.

The community here is the problem with this place, that and the policies. I'll get to the policies first, then the community.

For starters, our policies make creating pages a bit of a task rather than a creative release, they turn everything into a stencil instead of a canvas. Those who have ease in this (like me, yes, I find following the policies easy, doesn't mean I agree with them,) are usually just more idealistic and are good at throwing out a bunch of content with their characters, they are writers at heart, I guess is the right way to put it.

The people who have trouble doing this aren't naturals at making bad articles, they just need some pointers, and when they make a "bad" article, people either mark it, give it some "wtf is dis" response, or say it is a crap article and don't even bother giving them help because they believe they should handle their own burden.

Folks, this isn't society, this is a community. We're supposed to help each other. Helping isn't a job for admins, helping is a job for everyone. I know everything follows that idea, but I feel sometimes like we don't, so I'm not going to continue some rant that nobody sympathizes with.

Next up is our community, which I kind of covered above. We aren't really active. Chat is dead all the time, and there is hardly any collaboration. Most of the people who wanted that moved to Sonic Fan Character wiki because they have a better community. I moved to Sonic Fan Character wiki at one point, I moved back because I couldn't handle the broken administration.

To ease up on what I meant by broken, I consider an admin the same as a user. I'm not your beat cop, and I'm not your soldier, and neither am I your king. Admins are just users with extra buttons and occaisonally extra responsibilities, that is it. They, just like the other users, help keep the community prosper and have some fun, and keep the fun in case bad things happen, or whenever it is needed. Some places seem to think that the admin is the symbol of authority.

I don't know if this mini-rant made sense, but I really hope it does. It is four in the morning, my eyes are so swollen from sleep deprival it is hard to see, and this place is really fricken' bright, since everyone thinks making though place navy blue burnt their retinas.

As far as the title goes, this is probably the last thing I have to say until I make Steven Universe Wiki my home. That place has really made me feel like I'm part of something and I actually feel the juices of community under my toes. If anyone would like to contact me, it is from there, or Skype, or on here if you want to be boring. Feel free to reply, I'll still watch this place, being an admin and all, but just don't expect me to always be around.

Hope you enjoy... 