Forum:Blog removal petetion

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I was thinking the blogs have gone a bit far so i started this petetion i'd like to see if people want them to stay or go Firaga44 02:01, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

I say away. What've they done to really help us? --天下無双！！ 02:07, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

We actually had a topic on this ages back...I think we didn't notify Wikia in time to halt the blog from coming on this wiki. Supposedly there's coding to at least keep blog updates from showing up else where, but it seems not to work very well. BebopKate 02:11, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

oops sorry Firaga44 02:13, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

I vote they go. Or at least get help from central wikia to rid them from the RC since there are days they just hog the RC and it's hard to navigagte =/ --—YerMom _{is feeling jolly} 02:15, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

I say it's best if they actually go. I've got a to-do list which I hardly ever look at. And by the way, for most bloggers, a blog is like a home. What's the point of having a home if you can't decorate it ? Not only are the posts all black and white (mostly), there's no HTML customisation and it's hosted on the kingdomhearts.wikia domain name - which is a no-no for a personal blog. Wikia really shouldn't have made the move... unless there's gonna be some use for it, which I really don't know. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 02:31, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

By the way, I just pinged Angela and Uberfuzzy on Twitter and posted the link to this forum page. I hope they do take a look... TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 02:33, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

ok thanks Firaga44 02:41, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

I'm personally fine with the blogs, so long as they don't show up on Recent Changes. That's the part that pisses me off. Fix that, and I have no problem.Glorious CHAOS! 03:05, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

Please, just get rid of the damn things. I cannot begin to say how much trouble they have caused on the Wiki; the drama, communicative Users skyrocketing up on the Community List (just look at who replaced Azul, who has been here for multiple years).... Besides, if you want a blog, then go to Blogger or Twitter, no a Wiki! --DoorToNothing 03:14, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

Which reminds me, is there ever a male version of a WikiPrincess ? Because WikiPrincesses are the wiki's self-proclaimed socialites, and we have quite a handful of them here who aren't female. TNÉ _{En avant Bravo !} 03:35, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Blogs can be very useful... but it depends very much on each community. One possibility here is that you need to define what they should actually be used for. For example, I've seen them used for news, Wikia staff use them for announcements, and I've seen them used for fanon, or opinions, or...

You as a community can decide what to use them for and, more importantly, you can regulate that. You don't have to put up with off topic stuff if you don't want to (although if that's what you want to use them for, that's fine too). Admins and the community can decide what is acceptable and what isn't, just as you already do for articles.

But then, on the other hand, they might not be right for this community. If that's what you decide, then that's fine too :) Just let us know via Special:Contact when you are sure, and we will turn them off for this wiki. It's up to you! -- sannse<staff /> (talk) 03:37, October 6, 2009 (UTC)