User blog:Kagimizu/SFW Improvement

Alright, everyone remembers the fight that's occured recently. Many people would prefer to forget the incident, let it die, and move on. However, keeping this incident in mind will, I believe, give us the motivation to make some much-needed improvements to this wiki. As I'm sure some of you know, I made a poll on my page (look here if you wanna see and vote). Most of the people voted on improving all parts of the wiki mentioned in the vote. So, I'm going to make some suggestions:

Improving articles: To do this, people should look through articles and correct any mispelling they see. Instead of sneering at the person who made the mistake, take the initiative and fix it for them. Be careful of certain words though, because sometimes they're intentionally mispelled so as to signify something in a person's fandom.

Next are one-liner or badly made articles. The way to go about this is relatively simple; leave a message on the talkpage of the said article, telling the owner what they need to fix and that if they don't, the article will be deleted. However, there's one specific thing I should mention: PLEASE be respectful when giving a review that isn't asked for. These people might be mature, they might not be; they may be young, they may not be. Since you don't know anthing about the person, you need to do as much as you can to avoid insulting the person, and igniting a fight. Speaking of which, such fights will be covered later.

Now, if the person doesn't respond or do anything to the article in about... 3-5 days after getting a warning, go tell an admin and give a link to said article, so that they can delete it. With the link, the article can be restored if the person has a legitimate reason for not being on.

Better Roleplay Standards: Now this, I'm sure we can all agree on. The wiki is flooded by plot-minimal RPs created 3 times a week. The standards I had in mind was that the the RP must have a distinct plot to carry the RP. It doesn't necessarily have to be a long, very specific plot idea (should you want a simple, free-play RP), but it should be more than just "Going to a resturaunt" or "Pool Party". In addition, I think that a limit needs to be put in place on how many Roleplays a person can create per month, so that people don't flood the wiki. Like a limit of say.... 3 or 4 RPs per month. That way people can't just make an RP, let it die in a few days, and make a new one; they want to RP, they have to figure out how to carry the RP.

Monitoring Users: This is something everyone and anyone can do. If two or more people that have a history of being involved in big fights on the wiki (like me) are involved in a debate or an issue that seems to be heating up, keep an eye on where the issue is occuring. If things get out of hand, don't be afraid to get involved and try to defuse the situation. Or, if you aren't confident that you can bring the fight down, go find someone you believe can do so properly. In doing this, we can keep fights from blowing up, and hopefully preserve the wiki's peace.

The wiki can't go on being a timebomb for drama and a desert of boredom. We always say that we need to do something about the issues on the wiki, but we never do. With what's happened just a few days ago, I think this is the perfect motivator for us to do what we can to improve and help the wiki, so that we can prevent or at least reduce the chance of fights and trouble occuring on the wiki.

So, what do you guys think about this?