Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4731447-20150421010603/@comment-26013337-20150421071041

Eh this Wiki is doing fine dude. Look, in-fighting is always going to be a problem, its just a major factor of having a median age of like 15. I believe I once put up an Age poll that proved we have mostly young teens as users and from that I've gathered that the aggregate maturity is going to be a little lower than we'd like. But don't let these petty fights bog down your mind.

If someone hits you up with a "problem" tell them to run it by and Admin first and only consult you if a major breach of the rules is found by existing staff. The rules exist for a reason, if someone breaks them than actions should be taken by Admins, not Bureaus.

I remember that one time when that one staffer from the Tomagachi wiki was found for spamming up that wiki months prior and somebody brought up the case to have him dismissed here for it. I mean that whole ordeal was just ridiculous, he never broke any of our rules but we're acting like his position in the wiki was so critical that its a spot that needed to be vetted like a political office or something. We have rules, let's use them, if someone breaks them, let's enforce punishments, if they don't, get over it or settle matters privately.

But for the love of God, let's not make every. single. problem. A MASSIVE ordeal that needs to get blown up and consulted by the entire community. Like, this is why ADMINS exist. If we had a functioning staff that communicated and worked together, than regular users could go about their business while STAFF regulate themselves as well as the others. We gotta stop letting this come down to "voting" I'm all for democracy, I was a huuuge supporter of the Voting board when it first went live but sometimes you gotta let staff use their power or else we're going to be voting every single day for trivial matters that reg. users aren't well equipped to actually vote intelligently on. I believe that is why America has a democratic Republic and not a full-bown democracy. Representatives exist for a reason, staff exist for a reason.

I dunno how "bad" things have gotten since I left my spot as Admin but come on, overall this wiki has made leaps and bounds. As its founder, you gotta feel proud of that. Remember that leaders have a huge influence on their followers, your mood affects your staffs mood so your title of "I'm sick of this" comes off as both bitter and defeated. Your letting the little things keep you from seeing the bigger picture.

Get your current Admin to do their damn job or find somebody who can, they should be dealing with these "fights" and putting their feet down. You got bigger problems to deal with, like running the overall wiki. The biggest problem I ran into was that other Admins wouldn't exercise their power enough, they'd always consult someone higher like they were afraid of banning anyone or stepping on toes. I know there's a lot of super dedicated users that would do this wiki proud, I suggest you open up a few more Admin positions and promote the most mature and dedicated among them to keep this a fair, fact based, fight-free wiki.

Anyways, just my two cents on the matter, if you take nothing else away from this, just remember that the fighting is a minor part and for every fight there's a dozen cheerful and well thought out conversations. Keep it happy :D