User blog comment:Alemas2005/What the hell is going on here?/@comment-25988337-20160220044156

Let me insert a real life example that I think represents this wiki.

Most of you see me as an immature idiot etc. we won't get into that. However, irl I recognize the need for maturity and other qualities, and am one of the leaders of my church's youth group. One night we had the youth over to the church for a game night. Most of the other leaders were downstairs getting supper ready, and I elected to stay with the youth to sherrif them, as it were. We had about ten kids, ranging from 16-18 years old.

So these kids all like each other, they were all chatting with each other while playing a game. It was Monopoly, I think. They all have their own idealologies and opinions for the most part, yet they get along great. However, as we were playing, two of them were starting to get a little sharp towards one another. I just had to tap their shoulders and they quieted down. A few minutes later, though, they started arguing again, this time with some of the other teens joining in. Voices got louder, no more smiles were seen. I attempted to pull some of them apart but they were beyond reasoning. After a minute, it had become a shouting, chaotic mess where insults were being hurled left and right and people's feelings were getting hurt. Some of the more sensitive teens were outright bawling. The rest of the youth leaders came upstairs, pulled them apart, and drove them all home.

This is the current state the wiki is in I believe. Normally we get along fine, although we disagree on many things. However, we've "gotten too used to each other." We've decided to disagree with each other and make it known that we disagree. There are some who are outright attacking and insulting, others are doing the same but less verbally, and some are trying to calm the chaos down and restor order. Some are leaving, others are deciding to attack back when their feelings are hurt.

Let me continue my irl example. The day after this rather bad youth game night, the leaders picked up the teens one by one and drove them to each other's houses, giving each youth the chance to talk to each other one on one and patch things up. The problem was fixed not with the youth gathered as one big group in the room and the leaders giving them a talk. It was fixed by one on one conversations, compromising, forgiving, and agreeing to disagree, basically. And so they get along great again.

So I think maybe the people of this wiki need a break... from the wiki, really. Maybe leaving for a week and coming back will give us time to cool off, as it were. Perhaps blocking all members for a week? xD

anyway, that's just my two cents...

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