Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32685487-20180627235034/@comment-4271790-20180628014336

Rachin123 wrote: I'm neutral. I understand why you want to get rid of it, but I do feel like users will be very disappointing in the step we take just because of some other users who don't know how to be civil and behave. I understand that quite a bit, Rai. It's similar to why I don't like protecting pages because a few users revert too many times, because I never like the idea of having to lock out a community from editing articles. But at times, it unfortunately has to be done.

Forums will always have people who're petty and can't conduct themselves in a civil manner. That's not the only prevalent issue. Another significant issue is the lack of manpower, time, and perhaps motivation for current moderators to have to babysit threads that can potentially get out of hand. When lack of moderation happens, more issues arise and then we are in this cycle where "forums are out of control" -> "someone makes a thread about it" -> "what is done in said thread to placate the chaos doesn't work" (including appointing new mods) -> "forums are out of control", as I said in the previous thread I linked (I'll link it again for those who're curious).

Sure, there doesn't appear to be an eternal solution, but that doesn't mean we can't address issues as they come with potential solutions, however seemingly temporary they are (I'm sure you understand that Rai, I'm just saying in general). BerserkerPhantom wrote: Somewhat of a solution I proposed last time that nobody really commented on was to talk to the staff of the fanon wiki if they're willing for us to redirect users to their site for Vs. Debates since they are technically fanon.

I'm not even sure if that wiki has their forums set up though, and whether they'd be willing for us to act in such a manner... Hmm, that could be another place we could redirect users. I dunno how fanon wikis work all that much, admittedly.