Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-4257955-20150306000303/@comment-5510093-20150306182057

Obi the LEGO Fan wrote: Loney 97 wrote: Obi the LEGO Fan wrote: Loney 97 wrote: So, just for clarification - how exactly are we going to do this here on the wiki? Will we have a forum on here devoted to the type of discussions that occur on the admin wiki? Will other users be able to post there or will they only be able to read it? As Rio added in his edit to the OP, we will have a forum called "Community Discussions." Other users will be able to post if they want. That feels kinda messy IMO, couldn't we have it locked for them so they can only see it? I'd be fine with it if we did that. I think if we let everyone post on it threads would just turn into big 80 comment text walls as usual. I'm fine with transparency, but I really can't see entire community involvement being that beneficial. They voted for all of us as admins to represent them in discussions to some degree, and now we're just throwing that out the window. The point is that we will be having discussions with the community, not just with the admins. Sure a discussion might be bigger with the community involved, but that's not a bad thing. That means we'll get more input and have more ideas before we put it up to an actual vote. If the community helps in the discussion process, then they are also more likely to support things once we vote on them. Also, if they are reading something and can't comment, what happens if they have a good idea or some other feedback? Then they have to start another forum or post on our message walls, which will make the discussion disorganized and spread out instead of focused in one area.

Also, I never liked the idea of admins as "representatives." Admins aren't meant to be politicians who make decisions for the community. We're just trusted members of the community who have some extra tools. Our opinions are no more valid than anyone else's opinion, so why shouldn't they be allowed to contribute? Alright, so I'll change my vote to a yes just to see how this works out since it's not really possible to predict it, but if the whole thing collapses I'm gonna say I told you so. :P