User blog:ShermanTheMythran/Personal Appeals Concerning the Move

Sherman's Appeal
The move is evident to everyone active, I'm quite certain. Supported to the same extent, it is not. Brickimedia has just about everything Wikia has and more. So why isn't it unanimous? Sentiment. Just about everyone loves this wiki. 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. 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.

I understand how some people would rather not leave familiar things behind, I can understand that. I've also seen reports that people feel like they're being forced to move. No one is being forced to move. I instead encourage everyone to move, simply because we will have more freedom to do what's best for the wiki. If that freedom doesn't appeal 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.

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.

Critique of Appeal(s) I likely would have moved before I read this, and my opinion hasn't changed. I likely would have moved before I read this, but now I would rather stay. I likely wouldn't have moved before I read this, and my opinion hasn't changed. I likely wouldn't have moved before I read this, but now I would rather move.

If you would like to state your own appeal, or counter an existing one, please leave a message on my talk page and I will post it here.