Board Thread:Community Discussions/@comment-5643582-20150507054144/@comment-26388356-20150511130839

ZXSpidermanXZ wrote: New people should get a feel of the wiki before voting. A person joins and votes the same day and they don't even know what they're voting on, or why it's a vote. As for banned members, many times they're trolls and don't have the wiki's well-being in their minds. And if not that then if they've been banned for long periods of time, they don't know the current situations in chat. If they're new, they won't be voting on things they don't have a reason or an understanding to vote on. Unless they've been told to by someone else (someone who was trying to canvas votes), they won't vote on something just to vote on it. And if they do, it doesn't really matter. Their vote is one in a pool of many. It's more likely that if a person votes on something, whether they're a new user or older user, it's because they see a reason to vote on it, such as that they have strong opinions on the topic or they see possible effects that other people may have missed. It's not a good idea to restrict those opinions from being shared in votes/discussions. As for banned users, if they're a troll on the wiki, they should be blocked so that they can't participate in wiki discussions and decisions. If they're not blocked on the wiki, there's no reason to prevent them from a basic right they have as a member of the community. A chat ban or being a troll doesn't separate a person from having potentially valuable opinions. If a person's opinions are disruptive-only, then they should have been blocked for that and them voting should not be a concern.