Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3279282-20160829215636/@comment-28111867-20160902072021

The issue with versus threads like that is the fact that...

1. ...it's not even a sentence

2. ...the use of abbreviations non-veterans won't understand is confusing

3. ...there's no guideline there for a constructive discussion so of course the conversation is just going to be pointless. It's not even a poll, so it could go on for years and produce nothing of any use to anyone. Someone writing "Jiraiya" or "Orochimaru" won't make any difference in anyone's life, unless it starts a fight with someone else. Fights are probably pretty common there, though I wouldn't know since I'm really not a fan of those types of wars between fans.

Also, now that I've noticed some of the other topics being brought up...

the use of a template or highlight to prevent someone's actions. I don't know how easy it would be to make something that everyone would be able to see for an unlimited amount of time unless we sent it to them directly via an easily changeable message template for the talk pages, but even that sounds like it's way too much work for something so small. If it's such a big issue that we have to resort to that then we might as well just prohibit that.

removing the episode discussions due to similarities because those are actually literate, constructive discussions that ask for more out of the participants and have polls to keep track of the standings. They are also usually shut down automatically by inactivity once everyone makes their vote and a new episode or two come out for new threads