User blog comment:ShermanTheMythran/Personal Appeals Concerning the Move/@comment-4272842-20130415214030

The move is evident to everyone active, I'm quite certain. Supported to the same extent, it is not. Of course.

Brickimedia has just about everything Wikia has and more. So why isn't it unanimous? Because I have a personality, I have preferences, and I don't want to give in to the people who'd go as far as to give us a wiki we never asked for.

Sentiment. Just about everyone loves this wiki. '''I do. But that's not the reason. If this move does go ahead, after a year or two this place will be as dead as the LU wiki. Do you really want that?'''

At least something about it, anyway. For me, it's development of and interaction with chat. ChatParty was probably the most fun code I've ever written. '''I love the chat too. But just not scripting. :P'''

But I'm deciding to leave it behind, and recreate it on Brickimedia. As a general rule, anything that can't be moved can be recreated. Chat is one of those things that has to be recreated. And some people just don't want to try something new. Trying something new is always fun.

I understand how some people would rather not leave familiar things behind. I've also seen reports that people feel like they're being forced to move. '''No one is being forced to move. Tell that to MsD.'''

I instead encourage everyone to move, simply because we will have more freedom to do what's best for the wiki. '''Hahaha, that's funny. Tearing the community apart is best for the wiki?'''

If that freedom doesn't appeal to or directly apply to you, I strongly encourage you to straddle between both communities for a while, and build up the new one in the likeness of this one. If you don't have the time to help out, just watch it. When it's fully built up, with an active and engaged community, you will be able to better decide which site you would rather commit your time to. '''I can't say the curiosity won't take over and I won't visit it sometimes, maybe often. So I suppose I'll be there sometimes.'''

But for now, please don't set it in stone that you'll be staying here permanently. Because once most people move, and the new site matures, and eventually surpasses this one, chances are that you'll feel obligated to stay just because you gave your word that you would. I'm not condemning anyone who decides to stay here, I'm requesting that everyone keeps an open mind concerning which site they will spend more time on. Thank you. Not exactly much of a response for this paragraph.