Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20141001194150/@comment-17114085-20141003011802

Ok, I would like to say that I agree with almost everything Psycho has said. I agree with him when he said that no matter who 'wins' it will only hurt the community. I see that now. I talked with him on the chat (Not on this Wiki's chat) and I realized that this whole incident is just causing more problems for the Wiki. No matter who 'wins' the vote resentment will build up, and that will divide the community even more. That resentment will eventually turn into Drama, which is terrible of the community. We have to avoid Drama whenever we can.

For that reason I propose to everyone, lets adopt the Hub Compromise. It is the best compromise I have seen (thanks Gunny for the suggestion). It solves nearly every single issue and would make both sides happy. If adopted then the RP Board gets to stay, pleasing the RPers, yet its presence in the Wiki greatly decreases, which would make it cause less clutter on the recent edits than any other Board on the Wiki (which would please the mainspace editors). I am going to explain the compromise in detail so anyone that wasn't on the discussion thread can understand what it is about. Basically the idea behind the Hub Compromise is that only the main/original post(The one that establishes the premise of the RP, the setting, the rules and the character form), and any future link to new parts, would be posted on the RP Board. The actual RPs would take place in one of the RP Wikis. That way the recent edits doesn't get spammed. Since the RP Board would remain open there would be no worrying about losing old RPs, as they would all remain where they are now. This also solves the problem of splitting up the RP community, as removing the Board would cause them to go to different sites and the RP community would suffer from that split. If the RP Board here is still the hub then the community won't be split up as everyone can still come here to check out all the RPs that are going on in the different Wikis, the RPers will also not feel like they are being forced out of the Wiki. It would also help users, like myself, that only got into RPing after they stumbled onto the RP Board here and learned that they like to RP.

For all those reasons the Hub Compromise is really the best plan for the Wiki to avoid any sort of Drama or resentment. It makes everyone satisfied, everyone benefits. I actually can't see any cons in adopting the compromise, only pros. On the discussion thread, the one before this vote thread, the users were discussing the compromise and everyone had agreed it was the best plan. However as soon as the vote started everyone got defensive again and they resumed their "All or Nothing" mindset. This isn't an "All or Nothing" scenario, a compromise is possible. Everyone can come out on top and we can all still put this whole ordeal behind us.

I ask everyone who voted on this CT. Are you willing to accept the Hub Compromise? Yes No