Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30514476-20170516005101

I apologize for responding late to all this. I was traveling last Thursday morning until today. The wiki adoption was approved Thursday night I think? I didn't expect it to be that soon honestly, my timing is so bad lol 😫And things on the forum went from bad to worse around the same time. I took this on mainly to have more options with organizing the content portion of the wiki and didn't think the forum would fall apart.

Some thoughts on the recent issues on this forum:

1. There was a question about the size of this particular wikia fandom. Currently we have 148 registered users, of which maybe 15-20% are active participants within the past month.

2. In regards to the petition for a forum moderator, that is something that is ultimately up to the community to decide. Is there a person(s) interested and willing to become one and will that person be acceptable to everyone? Please see here for the various user rights the wikia supports: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:User_rights. My initial thinking is that we are small enough at the moment to be able to work through differences relying on our own sense of decorum and civility but perhaps not. I'm open to suggestions.

3. As for deleting/ editing threads or user contributions. Everyone has the ability to delete/ edit their own posts and an OP (opening poster) is able to delete/ edit their own threads that they've started. It will look the same whether an admin does it or the user does it...I tried it out. Just click on the post you want to delete, choose the more tab on the bottom right and then the delete option. An admin just has the added ability to delete/ edit posts from the anonymous unregistered users. Personally I'm always wary of deleting other users' posts unless it is a clear and egregious violation of the Terms of Use and the user refuses to edit or remove it themselves.

4. The TT issue becoming the cornerstone of the current discontent. Yes TT is a form of, for lack of a better word, hack. It's a little loophole in the game that players take advantage of which doesn't harm their game and which provides benefits for their friends. Maybe people have tried it out and found it not to their play style. Maybe those who TT think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread and want to share their happiness and good fortune with others. Maybe others feel it too onerous to accept such a bounty and windfall. Maybe some are just grateful to be able to play the game at all. I don't know and of course each player is entitled to play the game their way, nothing wrong with that. There are as many ways to play as there are people. So it would be nice if you could couch your words when writing on the forum in such a way as to avoid slighting others and their play preferences.

5. From my understanding, the SSHM conflicts stem from issues regarding lockdowns on editing and deleting of edits/posts by the admin team there ( correct me if I'm wrong ).

6. The factions developing among the players here is unfortunate. I really do hope we can resolve this and achieve an equilibrium that will restore the forum to a resemblance of its former self: helpful, safe, informative, respectful and fun.

7. I just want to reiterate that each and every person here is a valuable member of the community. I don't ever want anyone to feel unwelcome or hurt or worse. I really hope people don't quit this place, please please give it a second ( or third or fourth ) chance? I know I'm asking a lot but I like the camaraderie this place has had. We're all in this together so please don't let little things pull us apart from the game we love. There will be difficult personalities and misunderstandings will occur due to the nature of the internet and online faceless virtual communication. But I fervently hope we can be mature and civil enough to want to solve our differences in a calm manner.

Thank you and please I implore you to join in making this a safe, welcoming, fun and helpful place again for fans of the game. 😊✌🏻

Let me know your thoughts on this. And I'd like to have everyone's input about creating a specific code of conduct for the forum i.e. what people would like to see included ect. What more should be done... 