Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-3002957-20150330222252/@comment-5142578-20150415045703

The Black Dragon of Orihara wrote: Imho it shouldn't really matter much what we talk about on the chat, it shouldn't really just be related to Sonic nor does it have to be Sonic, that sorta, well.

From what I could say politely, leaves a bland taste in my mouth. Sure, this community is Sonic Fanon, but that doesn't mean we 'have' to talk about it. Sometimes? Yes, it could be healthy? But I believe everyone has their own right to choose what they want to talk about.

Chara critical reviews on the other hand, yes, I do have a part in that, so does the rest of the chat, but chastising? That would hardly be so. From what I can tell some people just go about playing the victim card, safe for a few users, which I won't name on the basis of their privacy. But there are a few reasons why other would ignore the mainspace from what I know. A few just don't like the Wikia editor, others don't want to put their stuff on here. And then there's me, just basically all I do here is critiquing and occasionally, albeit rarely, RP in Mainspace. Mainly some of the RPs in mainspace, which I won't name them, have appeared as a slight eyesore for me. Either by a plot that doesn't make sense or a person or people who make the RP all about them and practically do make themselves stand out from the others. Which, Frost could argue 'isn't that the same as saying they're OP', in a words, yes, but in most cases I've seen a character or a group of characters not fall prey to the same incidents as everyone else, good luck? No. They just avoided what happened and went on as if nothing had happened to the char.

Ofc. that's just my fluff right here. And my personal opinion done shortly. For the first part of your response, I think you sort of misunderstood what I was trying to say. I wasn't saying that all that could be talked about on chat was sonic related stuff. I just said that it was almost never done. It was even made a joke that Sonic related topics are forbidden on the chat (ooh, the irony). Trust me, I'm all for having friendly chats and discussions about a wide range of topics from alternitive game universes, to intelectual discussions, to math problems, and to why Zuchini isn't tasty. (Anything and everything, basically).

My point was that perhaps talking a bit more about sonic related stuff might help pump a tiny bit of incentive back into editing the wiki. A lack of incentive is probably the main reason very few edit. I know it's part of why I don't edit.

As far as the chastizing went, I thought I said that the wiki as a whole didn't do that, but only a few users. Maybe I'm remembering wrong. Anyway, yes, some people do act like critique and chastizement are the same thing. Yes, it has often happend that said users cry "Abuse" when it was "advice". It is very rare to actually have someone from this wiki "chastize" someone, but I have had it happen to me once. Main reason my incentive to edit is crippled.

As far as roleplays go, I do think they can bring some life back into the wiki, as Monk stated earlier, but you're right to say that having someone make themselves the center role of someone elses RP has happened too often, and can also be a reason a good RP ends prematurely.

My idea is to actually have roleplays that are designed by several different users working together, sharing ideas and plans for the roleplay. Not ony will this help in expanding an rp's potential, but it can also help sustain it when one of the designers isn't present all the time. I've known a few Rps that died because the one user in charge had to go away for an extended period of time.

Also, I have one more crazy idea that may either be effective, or a complete and utter failure. I codenamed it "Roleplay Elementary School". Basically, this is a roleplay specifically DESIGNED to help newcomers to the world of roleplaying learn the ropes and etiqute of how to roleplay by being taught by seasoned roleplayers.

Now, for trying to breathe life back into the wiki's activity, we should probably start by having our CURRENT members be more active, rather than trying to first draw in new people to make edits. That means we need to revive incentive; add fuel to the dimming fire, so to speak. Question is, how? Each person has his/her own reason for not editing.

(You mentioned something about some users not liking the wiki-editor, Dragon. If I remember correctly, aren't there three or so different types of editors to choose from?)

I appologize for anything that may have offended or upset anyone; that is the last thing I want to do. I'm only trying to help come to a solution for this.