User blog comment:Cosmicsilver/An Outside Assessment of This Wiki/@comment-4984687-20150330045153

Criticism is always good, I mean you know, when it's passive criticism. Always nice to hear input and feedback. I suppose I'll just reply to the topics in the post

Staff: We currently have a consensus to switch from staff nominations to staff applications, meaning users can apply at their own free will. Many of our administrators left in January, and in September we went through a re-eval that saw to it that inactive staff were removed. The requirements for staff are a necessity, we can't hire just anybody. 500 edits isn't that much anyways and people have to work hard to prove that they can achieve the set goals. It shows dedication, and we can only hire those suitable. When it boils down, quality over quantity. We're in need of more staff yes, but not everyone can be a staff member. We do also thank users for their edits, sometimes in chat. You might not be familiar with fishy sticks and sweetrolls; minor awards users can give to other users.

Policies: In comparison to other wikis, our policies come in a moderate amount. Wikis with a small amount of policies like the FNAF wiki which fit all their policies on a single page is fine, but the info we have on our policies is too large to condense. UESP for example has a similar amount of policies in comparison to our site. They use to be reviewed often by one of our users, Deyvid Petteys, but he since has left for other things. We also have to revise with our users if we want to propose a new policy; otherwise the reaction can be unexpected. The general policies should be followed, but that does not mean they can be ignored. The policies apply to everyone, making an exception to breaking one must be discussed or thoroughly explained, otherwise users cannot violate policy.

Consensus Tracks: The sudden rise in consensus tracks is likely a good thing. They're not properly moderated, no. I'm not sure why most of our forum mods choose to ignore them. I don't really have much else to add.

Cliques: Cliques, groups, posses, etc. can't be regulated. A school can't go up to the students and say they can't hang out with each other, that's just dictatorial control. A wiki is a community, a school is a community, and like said not everyone in the school can get along with one another, so they hang out with those they do get along with.

Misc: Could you link some examples of confusing MoS? I also don't see what you mean by vast amounts of pages with no guide on where to start editing; a page is an article, the info to the reader comes first. No article is perfect and there is always room for improvement but the user should know where to improve it. Unfriendly chat is another example of agreements and differences; I don't see the chat mods come on that much anymore so that might be part of it. When I revert edits I place Template:Revert on the revertee's talk page and explain to them why their edit was reverted, I hope other users can do the same.