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Mirage Arena forum had nothing to do with the ops. It was a regular editor's idea. The image policy is not oppression in any way. The IRC thing is not oppression, it is people harassing others. The Age policy is also not oppression, it is asking people to be polite. The "Dear Admins" thing is someone throwing a fit because they made a useless template that appeared to be fanon, so I deleted it. I don't see any actual issues of oppression in those, and no direct examples given. I see people giving generalized complaints about how the wiki "has gone downhill", as they always do, without ever once giving a suggestion on what should be done differently.
Now, here's something people could actually do, instead of whining:
- Suggest that we open up blogs again, or something similar, where people can communicate with friends without making it hard for gnomes to edit and monitor the RC.
- Suggest a method for ensuring that the IRC follows the rules, while allowing people to socialize.
- Suggest rules on fan-made images that allow their usage in the userspace, without obstructing the editors who maintain the filespace, or allowing vandals to place the images on mainspace surreptitiously. For example, we used to have quite prominent explanations on how to easily upload them to photobucket and display them here, which most editors do. We also maintain a personal photobucket account for the wiki. It is also possible to upload the images to a different wiki, such as Wikimedia commons, and embed them with size controls as is done on my userpage with my pet pictures. There are MANY options, and I even volunteered to be the helpdesk guy for those.
- In general, report an instance where they feel abused or oppressed, and give their side of the story, instead of just grandstanding in the forums.
Specifically, LA is doing the right thing here, even if others don't agree with his goal - he is stating his issue, and suggesting a direct change. Now, for something like this, it will be impossible to give direct examples of people supporting him besides asking them to discuss here, but as long as he can show how his solution is the best out of our options, then he should get the prize he's looking for.
My suggestions -
- I have posted a new draft for the rules, I think it's Kingdom Hearts Wiki:IRC/Draft. It should explain the rules more simply, and explain why they are important. It would be nice if we could use that write-up as our official one.
- We could look into splitting the IRC, as we do with the forums. One thread for asking for wiki help, one for socializing, and one for R-rated socializing.
- Once the new admins are elected, we'll have more ops on the channel, to keep people from trolling others. That should ease some of the issues people had about the IRC.
Finally, about me being inactive - As an admin, I am. I don't intend to help anyone who asks for it on my talk page, unless I feel like it. And if I can get the listing from wikia that I want, I'll only be here on weekends, and once I start getting paid, I'm not even going to do that. I'm only still here because I've been able to get my work done faster than my boss can give me new stuff.
EDIT CONFLICT - O, that. Yeah, from my personal experience, I want to leave because I am so incredibly tired of people complaining without ever offering a hand to help. I'm only still here because of an obsessive personality and the hope that this wiki will be worth reading, since there's not enough interesting people to talk to.
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