Board Thread:Narutopedia Collaboration/@comment-25075055-20140306083717/@comment-1207741-20140308193335

Speysider wrote: "We" ? There is no "we" in this, it's just a group of users who refuse to accept change Some people would call that a community. :-| Speysider wrote: This kind of attitude is not helping, who cares if someone registers just to post in a forum ? It splits the user base, creates a dichotomy of people who improve the wiki and people who don't. How are people who don't contribute "for the better of this site"? //0-0\\ Speysider wrote: Frankly, if this site does not want a community, get a database backup and run a standalone MediaWiki installation that does not contain any of the social features Wikia has created. While we're on Wikia, the site should be trying to make a community, not push people away. >_> By that logic, the wiki should also use blogs, article comments, walls, etc. I mean, Wikia created the features, gave wikis the option to use them. And being optional is always a sign that the feature is intended for use. (゜゜)～

I notice Memory Alpha does not use any social features and still manages to be very large, very informative, and very prestigious. And nobody responded to my query about Wookieepedia, which also does not seem to have the kind of social climate you want. (~_~) Speysider wrote: If you also didn't notice, I made reference to a bit of code you can add to your wikia.css to hide forum activity. Nobody is forcing you to contribute to the forums, so if you don't want to, just don't view them: ruining the community for everyone else just because a few people aren't able to avoid being critical is upsetting, to say the least :/ Also filters out actual wiki-related discussions. Therefore ineffective. ☾ Speysider wrote: Based on the current rules, threads like this should be closed because - in the eyes of the people who made the policy of "no discussions that aren't about the wiki" for the forums - it doesn't have anything to do with improving the wiki, but it'll be kept because Simant is the one who posted the thread: if that was posted by ANYONE else, you'd be preaching the rules and demanding it be closed. May impact availability of information and/or lead to a situation where, even if available, the wiki cannot be updated with new manga information until the manga is officially available in Japan. Gives heads up to editors. :-###..