User blog comment:Stuartfergie/Changing the current policy of deleting and editing comments/@comment-5237598-20130709115334/@comment-11707875-20130709133048

I'm glad that you enjoy the website as it is now. I agree with you about the articles - I come here for them, as they have the information I need about the show. I don't agree with you on the comments, though. A comment will more often than not contain an opinion. Opinions vary. There will always be truths and mistruths in it. An opinion cannot be objective. To expect an opinion to be objective and completely factual is expecting the impossible. I think that if speculation was going to be such an issue, the comments should never have been opened in the first place. A discussion forum should have been available from the outset. Simple. Though I still stand by what I said, which is if people can't make the distinction between facts (the article) and possible fiction (comments), that's their problem.

Yes, in my opinion, you were rude. It doesn't matter who came before and what they said - those comments and insults weren't repeated by the OP. You tossed us all into a group because our views were similar and had a go. I didn't appreciate it.

Keep in mind that the current wikia rules most likely contributed to the comments you're refering too - I'm not saying it's right at all, but again, a person in position of power will always upset someone. That's life.

Yes, a website only runs well if there are committed people behind it. The problem here is there is only one person shouldering the workload and like you said, running a website takes a lot of time and effort. With so much to do, measures are taken to limit the stress, ie, removing comments to stop trolls/speculators. If there were more people to help with that (and there have been offers and recs regarding that), the workload could be divided and the wikia wouldn't need to be so closed off because there would be more people to police it. Similarly, more people in positions of power leads to a more diverse pool of perspectives. They would have to compromise with each other before making changes. In my opinion, that would most likely lead to more 'fair' outcomes.

I'm sure this wikia is very popular - much like The Walking Dead wikia, and such. While the admin has done a good job, I would attribute its popularity more to the show and its growing fanbase, rather than the website. Again, it's not a bad site, but people are coming here because they want to know more about the show. Of all the visitors, how many come back? How many stay? How many sign up? How many comment? What's the ratio? If the website was more inviting, would that ratio go up? I'd hedge my bets and say it would.