First and foremost
I think that overall this wiki can be a good place, But there are things that I think should change. Not that I think that the wiki will just magically change and everything will be perfect, I'm just stating things from my point of view (also kinda venting a little)
Mods
I think that there are some great mods and I think there are mods who shouldn't even be mods. But I think that's one of the things I mainly will be talking about, besides the communication, and my thoughts in general.
Communication Between mods
I think that we all know that communication between mods is not that great, They have a padlet, and they have a discord. From what I know. But I think that if a person cant have access to any of those platforms then they shouldn't really be a mod.
Mods abusing power/Mod toxicity
There are also a lot of corrupt mods that abuse their power, and I think most of them have either stepped down, or changed their ways somewhat. I know of a few who still abuse their power. For instance, a user got blocked because said user had discussed and opinion some of the mods didn't like so they blocked said person. They've all apologized to that person, but they shouldn't have gotten a block for discussing something that didn't break the rules.
With that being said, there was a lot of mods who were talking about other users behind their backs from what I've heard, and if this wiki is supposed to be a safe place, why are said mods being toxic? They even use the padlet to talk about other users and thats not nice.
Mod age
Now this should be something that mods take into consideration when recruiting mod, There are users who are 13 y/o being mods, and most of them have or did abuse their power at one point. Why I think that mods should be 14+ is because:
- Most of the 13 y/o mods don't really know what they're doing
- They are toxic mods some of the time
- They shouldn't really be mods in my opinion
I think Sysops should be 16+ aswell
My thoughts over all on the mods, and their moderation
There are great mods, and there are bad ones. I feel like when a user speaks on the mod team, the mod team should listen. Instead of getting defensive and mod. Its like no one can ever really have an opinion without some mods making it a big deal. From my perspective, some of the mods should be demoted. And I have a few in mind, which i will be talking to the Bureaucrat.
Users of the wiki
Now I can say that most of the users on this wiki are super nice, very caring and super sweet. But there are some who are toxic, and start drama. Which ruins the wiki overall. (ties into the mod toxicity)
User toxicity
To me, users that are toxic on this wiki are the most guilt trippy, manipulators. Most that I know of have been either blocked temporarily, blocked indefinitely, or have left (as they should). There should be somewhere to report users that are being toxic, or rude. I think if we have that, the wiki will be less hectic when it comes to drama, instead of trying to handle it ourselves.
User venting/ranting
A lot of user excessively vent/rant on this wiki, maybe it's because they think it's a safe space. But i think that if you do it too much you'll get attached to venting online, and some people online are super toxic and will make you feel bad for ranting. Not that I'm saying that you cant vent/rant online sometimes its just, it becomes too much after a while.
User polls
The polls on this wiki are fun sometimes, but stuff like attraction polls and stuff, they get kinda old. There is a guideline for not initiating relationships in posts, but, there can be attraction polls. That guideline kinda contradicts itself. I remember there used to be polls asking if ____sexual is valid, or _____gender valid, Its kinda weird. But there's nothing really I can say about polls.
My thoughts overall on users in general
I feel like I've made some great friends on the wiki, but there are users that can be rude, mean and very much disrespectful. I genuinely think that we should either have a padlet to report users, or a blog post where we can comment users that are toxic.
Things that should be added to wiki guideline/things I think would be useful
I'm just speaking my opinion on rules, Thanks Contie for updating them they're really good. I just wanna share some suggestions. I feel like this would overall make things easier, and hopefully bring some great changes.
What I have thought of so far
- I think that users who speak over users of a certain group should be warned (i don't know if they do that already, i think so but this is just to make sure).
- Users who talk about other users behind others backs should be warned.
- There should be a place that we can report users/mods.
- We should have regular polls on how thing are going on the wiki.
- Call out post should be deleted (there's a rule for that i think about call out posts).
- Passive-aggressive replies to users should be monitored.
- Mods who have been reported should be demoted for a period of time, unless they can show that they are "better" (I don't know how to word that)
That's all I really have as of right now.
Conclusion
This has taken me about 4 days to finish. I think I touched on everything, If i didn't ill probably edit this to put my opinion of said thing
I hope that i don't sound too mean or condescending. I just wanted to state my opinion on everything. I hope whoever is reading has a good day/night/afternoon :)