Board Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-25075055-20140331114355/@comment-1210805-20140407132633

Speysider wrote: Soul reaper wrote: I have to completely disagree with you there. That all or nothing thinking is half the reason these things get out of hand. They have to have rules and they have to be moderated, that's how all successful forums operated. If you and I both have theories and opinions on chapter 780 why should there be two separate threads? Even if our opinions are different its still the same topic. Likewise, there's no need to have 37 different topics on shipping when one thread would be far more organised. It's not about restricting the discussions people have so much as containing them to key areas. Most systems flourish best under some restrictions. As this thread is demonstrating, too many replies start to cause it to become a little laggy.

I am not saying that there should be a free-for-all, but Omnibender's idea is redundant: "mega-threads" are not easier to use and become very inefficient to moderate. If you had a theory about a chapter, you'd just post it in the existing thread. What Omni is suggesting is one thread and that is all you use: not gonna work and you'll find people will simply not pay any attention to such a rule and will create a thread anyway. Plus, it's actually much easier to create a new thread, rather than trying to search through tons of threads and make a reply, especially if a thread has many replies, like this one.

Shipping topics won't be allowed though anyway, so not really sure why you mentioned them. All I'm saying is that Omni's suggestion just won't work and isn't viable. "It's either "allow discussions about the series" or "not at all". There is no "in-between"." That's why I used shipping as an example. That's one topic that is guaranteed to come up if you have such open forums.

"If you had a theory about a chapter, you'd just post it in the existing thread." I would, but others may not. I'm not sure if there's any sort of merge function in wikia's forums but if not, I can see such things becoming a hassle for the staff.

That said, I'll concede to you on the matter of mega threads.

Anyway, I think I've voiced my opinion enough. Whatever happens happens.