User blog:Godechaud/The future of the TW Wiki

Introduction
In the last couple of weeks a major discussion / argument started between some Users and our Admin Paul. As the situation became more and more tense, voices emerged telling Paul to resign, insulting him, calling for a vote of no confidence. This actions and affirmations have led to a change of the TW Wiki structure, which in my opinion its attractiveness.

The Teen Wolf Wiki History
The TW Wiki was created in 2011 with the start of MTV's Teen Wolf TV show. It has always been administrated by Paul, who from day 1 made sure that it's layout and content were state of the art. He has put an enormous amount of time and effort to keep it accurate and attractive. The result is quite remarkable. The TW Wiki is one of most visited Teen Wolf related websites if not the most visited. People come here in order to have access to accurate information and the possibility to discuss unclear points. Apart from a couple of people who were complaining about the rules and regulations (or policies), which weren't allowing any form of wild speculation, the majority was pleased and satisfied with the way things were run. If they weren't, why would this wiki have that much visits?

Recent Events
For the last couple of weeks, a "movement" has been rising, wanting to change this wiki's concept. They were not pleased with the adopted philosophy, demanding more "liberty". Paul was accused of leading a dictatorship, of being narrow minded.

What did really happen? In my opinion, some were angry because they couldn't just do what they want. Since speculation wasn't allowed in the comment section, some comments were erased. It was this wiki's philosophy that the content of an article (and that includes the comments below) should be accurate and reflect the show's cannon. Since human memory tends to summarize, it would be hard to differentiate between what was actually written in the article and the comments, which would lead (if speculation was allowed) to confusion and, if we think a step further, to a devaluation of the TW Wiki accuracy status. This is why some comments were erased. The same happened with edits. Article Edits that contained false information or that would change/ruin the format would be erased. Apparently, some people were upset. I don't understand why. People were not banned because of a comment or a wrong edit, it was simply rectified. Only if someone was repeatedly (and after a couple of warnings) trying to post false information, harder measures such as bans would be taken. Maybe to some this came across as offensive, or they considered it as a lack of respect. In my opinion having a dialogue with each and everyone of these users is impossible.

A MINORITY urged to a more "laisser-faire" approach. Yes, I am deliberately calling it a minority, since 20-25 people (tops) compared to 26,000 visitors are approximately 0.0009 %. This minority, from what I've seen has not ever done any real or helpful contribution to this wiki, yet they demand a change in leadership, claiming that this "dictatorship" (which I don't consider as such!) is not reflecting the community's will. What community are they talking about? The lack of involvement of other users and visitors, who would maybe contradict this minority's affirmations unfortunately led to its empowerment.

Due to the dicussions, insults, aggressions towards our admin, changes were made. The comment section was taken away, and a forum which allors speculation and all kind of other spread of false information was set up. A step that I was not happy with, but unfortunately a step that was unavoidable. The minority (which in my opinion) is responsible for this major change, was still not satisfied, on the contrary. It would still rage against Paul and try to undermine him.

Conclusion
The latest events and discussions have led to major changes which threaten the TW Wiki's quality, accuracy and attractiveness. On the long run, I fear a lower user interest and therefore the visits will start to plunge.

I urge those who were happy with the wiki as it was, meaning an accurate encyclopedia with an committed and dedicated Admin, to raise their voices.

This Blog is open for discussion for EVERYONE. Give me your thoughts.