Board Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-1207741-20140525021738/@comment-28861328-20140525172101

Here's where I have to agree with Cerez.

I'm fine with people wanting to discuss the series, but the original agreement to allow such discussions on the Forums was to keep the discussions focused; One of the things we wanted to avoid was the type of thread Cerez linked. I've already deleted one or two threads of a similar line of questioning (as those types of threads can just be directed as questions to Naruto Answers or a user talk page), and I'm starting to get the inclination to delete threads that are nothing more than incessant bitching...
 * 1) Naruto chapter comes out, it gets a thread.
 * 2) New episode gets released, it gets a thread.
 * 3) If someone wants to discuss a character, that character gets one thread and it gets discussed. Same with techniques/tools/etc.
 * Had several threads, made by a user who shall remain unnamed, that revolved around nothing more than bitching about all the things he hates about Naruto; had to issue a warning as a result.

...or threads that are basically rants (e.g., "I hate Sasuke!", "Naruto is too powerful!", etc., ect), though I have yet to act on such inclination. One of the major problems I'm already starting to see is users who come here and solely edit the forums and make no actual, meaningful contributions to the site. Now, that said, I'm still in support of the Forums for the reasons I bulleted above (right after the first paragraph), but I think we need to revert to Omnibender's (or was it TheUltimate?) original suggestion.

We have to be almost anal about the forums to keep them in check. That means not even bothering to respond to threads like Cerez linked. They either need to be closed or deleted on sight. That will cut down on the twenty threads of Sasuke hate, the hundred threads of Rinnegan questions, and so on and so forth. I realize to some that will seem authoritarian, but we're not the United States Congress trying to guarantee "internet freedom for all"; we're trying to run an encyclopedia on Naruto, and some of this shit is counterproductive.

In summary, I am for:

Use of the Forums for the following Naruto-related topics.
 * 1) Naruto chapter comes out, it gets a thread.
 * 2) New episode gets released, it gets a thread.
 * 3) If someone wants to discuss a character, that character gets one thread and it gets discussed. Same with techniques/tools/etc.

I am against:

Use of the Forums for the following topics.
 * 1) Rants (this includes character hatred, general series hatred, etc.).
 * 2) * Reason: They do not contribute positively to the site and there are numerous amounts of troll chatrooms people can join if they want to spew their nonsense.
 * 3) Questions
 * 4) * Reason: There are user talk pages for questions about arbitrary matters and content talk pages for discussions about the actual content of the site. There is Naruto Answers Wiki for questions about the Naruto series that really have no place here.
 * 5) Pairings
 * 6) * Reason: No... just... no.

I realize this message is a lot to swallow, but I want you guys to understand that the forums themselves are alright. We just need to be a little (...okay, a lot) more strict on what we're allowing on them.

What do you guys think?