Board Thread:Narutopedia Collaboration/@comment-25075055-20140306083717/@comment-25075055-20140308144610

Elveonora wrote: But we don't want them registering just to chitchat, but to edit the articles for the better, so it's good they stay away. Seriously, just group up with people you want to discuss with and use Skype and related software or find a forum dedicated to that, is it that hard? "We" ? There is no "we" in this, it's just a group of users who refuse to accept change that is for the better of this site.

This kind of attitude is not helping, who cares if someone registers just to post in a forum ? And I'm pretty sure many people do not use Skype.

Again, we have got to stop pushing people away from the site, it is not helping to create a community that Wikia wants. 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. >_>

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 :/