Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-34795859-20171230110926/@comment-28110025-20171231214655

TheFunGame wrote: Chariot Dude wrote: TheFunGame wrote: Oppose. I'll explain why in a bit as I have something I need to do rn. hey fun how bout instead of gettin all defensive you actually tell us why you opposed I opposed because banning roleplays on OC pages is just going to kill the wiki even more. It's already pretty unused aside from the occasional request or question. OC pages are even more dead, and banning rps on them is going to mean the only comments they ever get are the occasional compliment. Plus, what is there to really see on the wiki activity ? A rare troll ? A rare question ? Anyways, i'll be going back to discord, thanks. Feel free to argue with me or whatever, i'll check for those. woah boy, i cant hear you way up there on your high horse

You say the wiki is dead. That is partially true - you have to take into account, however, that this is winter - most people on this wiki have school of some sort, and are busy with it. This wiki has always been the most active during the summer. I'd expect it to get a lot more active summer of next year.

You say OC pages are dead, and roleplays provide much needed traffic to the page. This bothers me for two reasons: for one, who says OC pages even need comments, anyways? It isn't like comments are their lifeblood. Second, the comments being left as a roleplay are bothersome to people who don't want to see it. Imagine, instead of an oc page, there's a park, right? A nice park. However, it isn't super popular during the winter, since it's colder, and people have school. This park isn't generating anyone income based on who visits it, it's just there for people to enjoy. Every once in a while, even in the slower months, someone comes along and enjoys the park.

Now, imagine a swarm of drug addicts begin visiting the park, shooting up there, leaving needles where everyone can see them. Generally being a nuisance. They aren't there to enjoy the park so much as to stay there while they do drugs. You're saying you'd rather have a bunch of unsavory people at this park than just a few regular people visit it every once in a while. (If you come up with a better analogy, feel free to hit me with it.)

You say it shouldn't matter that the rps are blocking up the wiki activity anyways, because the wiki is already inactive. "What is there to really see on the wiki activity? A rare troll? A rare question?" Yes, actually. Just because there's less of them doesn't mean they're less important. If you ordered coffee on a not-so-busy day, you should still expect to get the coffee, and it would make next to no sense for someone to say "I'm not going to give you coffee, because it is a slow day, and it does not matter if I make one sell or 0." Alternatively, imagine security cameras pointed at an open location (the wiki activity). If everyone uses the space to its most effecient ability (roleplaying on forum threads or message walls), it'll be easier for the cameras to catch troublemakers. However, if the space is chaotic (cluttered activity due to oc page roleplays), then it'll be harder for the camera to see those.

ok my guy there are my arguments