Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-25995065-20150317063943/@comment-25995065-20150319183313

Goggles99 wrote: Hey cmon Mikey, easy there. Calling EED "lazy" and community members "stupid" isn't going to get you anywhere. EED isn't saying LMBW is weird or that it needs to be bubble wrapped. He's saying every Wiki is unique and different, with different needs, and should be allowed to run their own way. They shouldn't have to completely conform to some exact standard, there should always be room for freedom and customization, like with a good business franchise. If you really wanted to help out around here, you should be trying to bring about good changes that specifically benefit this wiki, not trying to change this wiki to fit the mould of a generic wikia, or you would at least try to be impleminting your ideas peacefully and slowly and caringly, not this forceful tone you have been taking. I really do not appreciate this at all. I was totally willing to believe you had changed from your old ways, but I'm not seeing a lot of that right now. No offense.


 * Why I used "laziness" to describe it: If EED, an administrator, noticed abuse or disruption taking place in a situation such as Nashtron, it's his responsibility to take action on that. I didn't say he's lazy in general, but if he noticed something he as an administrator would be responsible for resolving and didn't that's a situation of laziness.
 * Why I used "stupid" to describe certain community members: Their actions are blatantly stupid. I didn't generalize the entire community as stupid, nor am I attacking them. I'm stating their actions as what they were: stupid.
 * I'm not saying this wiki can't be unique or be run its own way. But there are some standards that apply to any wiki or any community that this wiki ignores. Most of them are already in act. Such as what this forum. Right now, the unanimous administrator repeal ability will never happen because some administrators won't let it happen. All this forum proposes is to remove the line regarding it from the policy, because as it stands right now it will never be used and should never be used.
 * "If you really wanted to help out around here, you should be trying to bring about good changes that specifically benefit this wiki" - This is rude. No changes I've proposed have had negative intentions. If any changes I propose don't pass, I honestly don't mind. I want what this community sees as best, and I'm merely offering improvements through these forums. I'm not saying "this is how it needs to be done". There are things I'll argue&mdash;things I know are true&mdash;such as the underlying principle that things in general such as policies and processes do need to be changed or considered for change as a community itself changes. This is a fact for a successful community, which is why I argue it when someone says otherwise.
 * "not trying to change this wiki to fit the mould of a generic wikia" - This isn't about being a generic wiki. The things I've been saying are general facts about any community in general.
 * "or you would at least try to be impleminting your ideas peacefully and slowly and caringly, not this forceful tone you have been taking" - I'm not using a forceful tone. I'm arguing my side while others argue theirs. That's completely normal when building consensus in a wiki. I'm not forcing anything. I've suggested a change, and I've supplied an argument to anything I've found incorrect or invalid. You'll notice there are some oppositions I haven't argued as they're completely honest and reasonable.
 * "I was totally willing to believe you had changed from your old ways" - What old ways? This statement of yours is not related to this at all. And to be honest, I haven't changed from my "old ways". I was always willing to suggest improvements to this wiki or ideas that could make it a better community. Suggestions like implementing RFRs, ArbCom, etc. Assume good faith instead of assuming I'm trying to harm the community with these proposals. They're forums for gosh sake. If they pass, they pass. If not, they don't. I'll continue to find ways I feel the community can be approved and offer them to the community. In the end it's all up to the community, which is why I'm starting community votes for them....