User blog:KoolKoopaGirl/A message to those who left.

Before I start, I just want to address that the users I'm speaking to are gone, so if you know they're on other wikis, send them a link to this on their message wall, or show them in person.

The Knot
Imagine a knot slowly loosening. Now, imagine a person bending down to tighten it.

They may seem random, ridiculous even, but the person that tightens the knot represents every new user that comes here. The knot is the wiki.

The knot loosening is the user that leaves.

I'm contributing to a wiki where the knot got so loose that there are only two people there each day. Now, that person is off studying for exams, leaving only me to struggle to hold the knot together.

And if I can't contribute, then the knot unravels and the wiki becomes a ghost town.

This wiki suffers from a big problem, one that's constantly loosening the knot and making it impossible to tighten.

User drama.

Drama and Why It's Unraveling the Knot
People talk about staff drama and user drama all the time. I personally have little experience with it, but from what I know, it's scaring off new users and making the old ones leave, which, of course, unravels the knot. And no one wants that. I know I don't.

The worst part is that the drama comes from users making a big deal about nothing. Sometimes, someone will start up a drama just to see how the other person reacts, or to rile them up. If you want to make someone angry, there are many, many ways to do it. Drama should not be one of those ways.

If you can rein in the temptation to start or join a drama, you can make the wiki more approachable and tighten the knot.

In Conclusion
This is specifically for those who have left.

I know that this wiki and fandom can scare you off, but there are so many people that will help you. Not to brag, but I'm one of them.

I tried to leave once, but I just couldn't. The knot needed me. I needed the knot. And maybe you feel that way sometimes too.

Now, I respect your decision to leave. But I will say this: no matter where you are, whether you're in the middle of New York City or on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific, if you ever decide to return to this wiki...

...I will always welcome you back.