Board Thread:SmashWiki Business/@comment-8-20130820204412

Hi All,

Ultraman has recently been doing a great job of looking around this wiki to see what needs doing to bring it back to full life. But there are some quite deep issues left over from the fork, that I think need dealing with to let him, and other people here, revive the wiki

The main thing that's going to be an issue here, is that the fork is still affecting this wiki. That really worries me, and I've been thinking a lot about how to best help there. If a new community is rebuilding this wiki, then it's not right that those who have left continue to try and control it.

For example, the decision about fanon was made by the departing community, and it may not be the right thing for this wiki's future So the active community will need to revisit that decision, and work out whether it's the right direction for them. It might be that a clearer distinction between canon and fanon is all that's needed, or it might be better to move all the fanon to the existing fanon wiki, and take this one back to pure canon. Either way, that should be a choice for the active community, and not something dictated by the previous one.

So what I would ask of the current admins is to consider whether you are truly going to be a part of this wiki's current community. By that I mean, can you honestly and fully say that you want this wiki to be the biggest, best, most accurate, and most popular wiki on this topic? If you can't say that, then it's time for you to move aside for the next generation.

And to that next generation, what do you want from your wiki? What are the key things that you want to work on here, and what will help you? Let's talk about it :) 