Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-3002957-20150330222252/@comment-26310864-20150414200250

Okay, I was like, reaaaally out of it when I was debating my points last night due to the medication I take to help me sleep. So mind you, I'm still coming back into focus after waking up, but here goes nothing.

There is no way to force activity on the mainspace, a majority of those in this thread right now are viewing the chat as a hindrance when in actuality, it's a tool. I've always taken the time to ask around: literally nobody even knows about this idea (talking about both the chat and the potential affiliations).

The bottomline is this: if you close the chat, people are simply going to relocate, that's it. Skype, other Wikias, that type of thing. I've already seen it happening, albeit it's a small relocation for now and it may as well be in the end, nobody really knows for sure, that's the kicker. If you're going to close the chat to force activity, you might as well close Skype and competiting Wikia chats as well.

I'd also like to point out that this next segment isn't a personal attack as I simply do not know any of you well enough to confirm or deny the truth of this, but after asking around and trying to figure out what the actual hell is going on, I learned that almost all of the users on this thread are older Admins. Both in age and in stature and as we all know, the Wikia used to not have a chat. I understand the desire to bring the past back, but it's simply impossible to do that, sorry to say.

Trust me, I've tried. But it won't work. You won't get any sort of Golden Age as a result of cutting off comunications. You'll simply get a handful of departure blogs and that's about it.

Not even that, a majority of the people who commented on this thread aren't even active editors to begin with. This co-insides with Frost's ideal that Adminstrator shouldn't be a lifetime position and I agree. As people age, they simply have more tasks: they start dating, working, there's always college and trade school, etc. We start families and branch off our hobbies and that's just the way life is. We can't be glued to a computer screen and I honestly have to say this has something to with the users as well.

A majority of our userbase is much older. We appeal to an older audience often between the ages of fourteen to nineteen. Given, all users have to be thirteen to be a legal member as of COPPA, but as people age, their interests change and so do their schedules. The dying activity is a mixture of both.

You can't force a suicidal man to change his mind unless there's a lot of therapy. By closing him off, you're just pushing him away. A grim comparison at best, but it's true. You can't revive the Wikia unless you put effort into it and stop shoving it off into another matter and using such matter as a scapegoat.

Also, for affiliations, I'd like to recommend Sonic News Network (SNN).

I'm sorry if this is completely off-topic, quite frankly, I don't have the slightest clue what is going on, but I was asked to debate my points on why I think closing the chat is a horrible idea. And a condescending one at that, ''"generous"? ''I seriously hope that was a joke, because not everyone has open schedules where they can hop on during that slim three hour window.

I don't mean to sound bitter, but it seems like no matter what way you view this idea, it'll backfire. That's all.