Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-4952704-20151027074419/@comment-4050367-20151028015931

PART THREE

Okay thus far, I've seemed understand, but I do have some other comments. Consider this my rant, only less ... Sif-rant style.

1) I get frustration. Frustration I can handle. But please, let's try to avoid turning this into an attack against the Staff. We're not all evil fat lazy drooling dicators, like Sub said lol. Speaking of Sub, the extent that you went talking about how bad of a user he is for admin was distasteful for me personally. You singled him out and chose to go HARD on him. Now I know how you are, espically during rants, but I'm sure you could have explained the same topics (new team, things that need to get better/fixed) without intentinally going after staff. We're not a scapegoat. Yes, I agree that Staff could do better. I agree that there are changes that should be made. But pointing the finger at staff and saying "They're the reason why everything sucks" isn't contributing anything but negativity towards the staff, which is the last thing needed.

2)  You basically said "Don't give me the IRL argument". You're assuming that if we are busy in real life then, and we still are busy now, then we should be at the same point that we were. But you fail to consider the fact that back in 2012/2013, I was a COPPA turned legal aged who was still in Middle School. In the 3-4 years since then, a lot has changed. People grow old, priorities have to change, responsiblities grow and tasks become longer and harder. I'm not as active as I was back in the 8th grade. We also gain other interests and hobbies, like watching YouTube reactions or watching shows like Gravity Falls. And... WE HAVE SHOWS AND PROJECTS.

3) Also, "the staff was really good". I actually looked this up. The crats and admins in Oct. 21st, 2012 consisted of Roads, Lumin, Brian, Bink, Sub, Paper, Solo, and Ancy. Now, only 3 of those are still admins. We lost Roads, Lumin, Bink, Solo, and Ancy. We also had more users, and more chat mods. It was a different time with different users. The wiki was a completely different place. And it's not "deserted". There's still lots of users on here. Their availability is all that has changed, again with my second point.

4) Now on the face-value side of this, this is a cry for change to make a better wiki. But at the same time, there's quite a bit anti-staff, blame-staff, staff-sucks ranting. I've provided examples below:

Bold if anti-staff/staff attacking, Italics if Sub-attacking

To start off, ''if Sub or anyone else wants to take down this forum, and send a warning to my wall, then you might as well ban me while you're at it. If you can't handle the honest truth, and be salty about it, then my faith in this wiki has officially dropped to zero.'' Also, change the board if you'd like.

'''Like seriously, what is wrong with the staff here? I'm gonna be as bold as to say it's probably as bad as a McDonald's or Comcast's customer service. Like, are you kidding me?''' I'm gonna bring up the crats and make my way down to the chatmods:

''Sub. Prepare for my thread to be deleted guys, because there will be some jimmies being rustled.''

''You can go over to ask.fm/SubZero309, and see for yourself one of the major problems. Mainly in his description. To be honest guys, i'd rather have Donald Trump as president than Sub as crat. Like, i know how Donald Trump is probably the next hitler, but he can still be stopped. Sub doesn't need more power than he already has. Like i've seen 4 year olds act more mature, for realsies. On top of that, i truly believe he doesn't like disabled people and is too paranoid. Look at his track record guys.''

''But what does he do when confronted? He leaves. Yeah, i sure want that guy to be crat. I don't think he has any real friends on here, i truly believe he's like a worse version of TARS. He's a robot, but he isn't sarcastic or funny. He doesn't make friends with anyone, he's overly paranoid, he's not that great of an admin, and he's not that nice at all. I mean if you like Sub, okay i guess, but i've got every reason why he shouldn't be crat. Or even admin. He'd be a decent chatmod i guess, but even so...''

With these people as the staff, i truly think the wiki could change for the better. The wiki could vastly improve from where it is right now. These people are very worthy, and it will change the wiki for the better. Now, like Jack's blog, i'm expecting a warning from Sub saying this is the staff's job or something, which is just sad to see if i'm right.

But the staff isn't the only thing wrong, it's you. Yes, you. There are a few scenarios i'm told of, and a lot of things i know, and i won't name any names. But it's truly wrong and disgusting.

First off, instead of saying you're tired of the wiki being like this, only active on the weekends, then complain to the staff. '''I say this because they aren't doing ANYTHING about it. There's no Project: Reinvention, there's no asking the people what they want, there's no change, they don't deliver or are extremely late on certain events (Fanon Con, Halloween), and there needs to be a change. Speak up. '''

And on top of this, '''i blame the staff for the featured things failing. They're not doing anything at all, except maybe cleaning up pages.''' You need to take that extra step. Encourage people to make series, make any sort of event, it's not that simple but if you truly care, then it's worth it. Also, please give the wiki a different design. I'm talking for the backgrounds, for the logo, give it something new and sharp. I'm sure there are people who are willing to help.

If people are making fun of you, or making jokes, or annoying you, or anything of the sort, speak up. You're doing no one a favor by secluding yourself. If these people are jerks, report to the staff. Do something instead of sit there. '''And yes, i know irl can take a toll on you, but irl existed 3 years ago too. But the wiki was still active, the staff was really good, and people were encouraged. Now it's deserted, and i blame the staff.'''

Now that the rant's over, i hope you agreed with all of my words. I'm tired of this, and i hope it doesn't get taken down because some admin gets salty. I'm happy to see all these game shows, and i hope the wiki truly gets better. I'll be a big advocate of the change. Believe in the wiki. Thank you. Enjoy the rest of your day. #Uprising #ProjectReinvention

Look. #ProjectReinvention sounds like it could be the start of something pretty cool, and I'd like to see what you guys think over these next few months. Because guys, this is YOUR wiki. I'm here for a few months, and then I'm gone. So go be independent. Go come up with ideas. Go try and improve the wiki. But if we can move away from the "Things suck on here - Staff sucks - ugh" kind of threads and blogs, and actually make blogs more like "Here's what's wrong, here's my plan to fix it", we'll actually be taking a step forward in the future.

Hooooly crap that was a lot. Sorry guys for the long threads, but Sif gave me a lot to think about!