User blog comment:Danielboone6702/Admin voting is now public!/@comment-24150879-20140226065137/@comment-1693968-20140301180646

I think we've made it clear that we are all for community participation. In fact, I don't see how you can even claim that we want anything else. Here's links if you'd like to be more involved.


 * LEGO Message Boards Wiki:Petitions
 * Special:Forum
 * LEGO Message Boards Wiki:Requests for Rights
 * LEGO Message Boards Wiki:Recommendations for Rights
 * Message Wall:Drew1200 (or any other admin)

We've made a ton of effort in the past to encourage community participation in any way possible, without giving the community complete authority over everything. I'm constantly emphasizing how important it is to myself personally that you share your opinions via one of these methods.

Just because the community isn't the party making all of the decisions doesn't mean we aren't a good wiki. I personally disagree with any assumption that a good wiki must be run by the community. It is certainly traditional, but I don't think it's the only option. Nor do I think that just because a wiki is run by the community means it's a bad wiki. There are plenty of good wikis that are run by communities, but for this wiki in specific, I think it is best we use a different government.

Like you said, this is definitely a step in the right direction. I'm confused as to why people would use this blog to complain when we are getting closer to what you all want. If we only receive criticism and complaints when introducing new things like this, it destroys any incentive we had to meet your wishes. It's very discouraging to introduce something like this expecting it to be very well received, and then watch as people just post complaints.

If you really want us to move closer to a community run wiki, it'd be best to encourage us to do so, rather than complaining about us not doing it in your ideal timing. I would really encourage you to rethink the manner in which you're posting your opinions.