Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-25356303-20161004022406/@comment-11345660-20161007043233

In regards to the term Fandom, which I think is stupid like everyone, a little perspective: Having written for the original fandom (basically a fan news site), this had a role in Wikia's new monicre in being the overwhelming number of people who joined up. Having spoken with the editors, they were pretty damn convinced that this meant EVERYONE across the wiki visited one of its sites because they were a fan and not, you know, wanting to look up information like the vast majority. I have indeed voiced my concerns to them directly and as you would expect, gave the same half-arsed answer like everyone else. Atve's right. This was corporate.

As for the Moot, another perspective. For those of you who were not here during its heyday, me and former admin Jarjarkine actually created the Moot in response to the increasingly problematic policy problems and other grievences that either needed to be solved within a few hours or simply didn't deserve a CT. Think of it as an emergency response. But as time went by, these problems as intended waned, and as seen from the empty moot notifications you've been seeing for months, they've been effectively eradicated. I myself suggested the moot be discontinued, but was convinced otherwise that it may come in handy further down the road when we have newer, more inexperienced Admins in a jam.

But since we have a pleasant lack of tumultous issues, I wholeheartedly agree that we put the Moot once a month (to a date I don't care. Up to all of you). I think the once-a-month novelty would actually attract more users curious to see it in action and encourage community discussion, and I think it will put it out of the way until it is needed.