User blog comment:Cosmicsilver/An Outside Assessment of This Wiki/@comment-11345660-20150331060729

I like seeing these types of blogs, because the last five of mine were the exact same, examining the problems of the wikia be it chat, policy, or staff. And I should point out several points of your blog I think have lessened in severity compared to how you portray them. First and formost, nominating staff.

This was a major crisis not too long ago and most people didn't know what to do when three Admins resigned, and there were major arguments about how it should be done. However, that was in the past. Since CCC has become Admin, things have changed, so I think this little bit is not as bad given the timeline of this blog. Yes, we still vote for our staff, but, I am not sure why some people are so opposed to this. But I won't get into that argument now. Another thing, you're preaching to the choir when you say that there is a lack of staff. We know that. However, as above, it is not that big of a problem at this point. The guilds are somewhat successful in attracting new editors for pages, and things are generally peaceful enough to allow just one patroller or mod.

That's not to say more wouldn't be welcome. Of course not. My point is that it is not that big of a deal. As for policies, yes, we have policies. Apologies for making them detailed enough for someone to understand completely. The problem with trying to condense them is that some things may be left out. That being said, most policies are courtesy based and common sense, so a user should be smart enough to know what they should or should not do if they want to edit something. Don't twist that around however. I mean for things such as vandalism or plagerism. More specific things should be put in policies, but they should be detailed as possible. Even if it is a lot of text for someone to read through, either way, that's how they're going to learn the policy: By reading it.

As for people who do not like each other: Once again preaching to the choir. And unfortunately, that will never stop. There will always be the rowdy bunch and clashes of interests. There's nothing we can do about that except instill policies that ask them to at least be courteous when they're insulting someone. Same with ufriendly chat. You're just going to have to grow thicker skin, mate. I know that's not at all desirable, but it's simply the way things are.

There are things I do agree with however. An application system of sorts could be extremely useful, and reviewing the user's past work would become paramount and at least grant a little insurance to the higher ups that this person is capable. As for the consensus times, my god, you are so right. There are some that clear up pretty quickly, but there are others that take months to complete.That's really all I have for you, but honestly, these little examination blogs have been in circulation since early last year. One can almost say it's beating a dead horse bringing up all of these again. Everyone is well aware of the problems and we are doing our best to resolve them, trust me, we are. But these things take time, as there are obstacles we need to get by. One thing I would suggest is going directly to CCC with these matters (I'm sure it's already on his mind), and go from there. Still, I commend your blogging, and I would like to see more.