Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-4050367-20140606000623/@comment-4139585-20140606013941

The following is very political. Read with caution.

I'm genuinely confused. Frankly this is dumb. Yes I feel bad for the victim and her(?) family; however, there is no reason, or at least no good reason, for you to ban "Slenderman" from the wiki for one month.

First of all, you cannot take action alone, it must be the decision of all of the admins (and in this case, if you are going to be taking down pages with "Slenderman" content, the community's decision)

I would also like to point out that this is not a "Slenderman" wiki and banning the use of said character seems to be a very moot point. I may get a lot of hate for this, but was The Dark Knight Rises banned for a month because of the Aurora Shooting? That incident was significantly worse.

If you want to truly help out, then you would do absolutely nothing. This would show that you are not going to associate "Slenderman" with this incident. It shouldn't be associated with this incident in anyway, and to ban this character/concept because for any negative reason, with any negative connotation, is really contrived.

I'd also like to ask why discussing terrorism and horrendous occurrences in general are banned (not that this was an act of terrorism). It seems that the only reason they are banned is because they are catastrophic and unsettling issues that may offend some... Well,

This is the internet, you're going to get offended. I'm frankly offended that you think that the wiki cannot handle these events so much that you've had them completely banned from the wiki. Yes, I understand that there are many stereotypes and religious connections related to terrorism, and terrorism, mass-shootings, or what have you, are no doubt horrific, but to ban them from a fictional setting is beyond me.

You are punishing our creative minds for crimes that we did not commit.

tl;dr People aren't stupid; they're going to stay away from a topic that may be sensitive to others. As a rule of thumb, use your best judgement when deciding what should and what shouldn't be on the wiki.