User blog comment:JackyDelRey/Problems With My OCs/@comment-1874924-20140407233747/@comment-5931267-20140408002748

I'd just like to add a bit to Gid's comment, and this is in no way directed twoards you Jacky just a general statement, but people honestly should at least put effort into making up their minds. Now I know, some users are rather free thinkers and tend to drift from project to project on a whim, but please at least make sure you have a bit written before making a story page. Like with me, I tend to write a good amount before I post a story to the wiki. It's like any investment, the less you've put into it the less you care about it. People have been writing maybe 1000 words or so and then saying, "Well I don't want to do this anymore... I'll give up and move to this other project until it loses my attention." Like Gid said, when people want to cancel stories it falls to the admins to delete them. This can possibly create a situation where it becomes a heavy burden on the admins and keeps us from performing our other duties, in turn making the wiki worse off for it. Now this hasn't happened yet, but with so many people up and canceling their stories so quickly it could leave a negative impact here on the wiki. All I'm saying is to everyone who's just been creating and not following through, take a bit of time with your work before you decide it's ready for the wiki. Heck, if you give it time maybe it'll grow on you and you'll end up creating the next Featured Story someday. Just a thought y'all!

Oh and on this whole OC debate... I really don't see the problem. I mean there have been plenty of users using the same characters and same personalities of those OC's in their stories... thing is though as users no one HAS to read it. We all have our preferences and while using the same character over and over in different scenarios can become boring to some... it may actually be exciting to others. But yeah, you don't have to read the stories you don't want to read. One other thing to everyone, when leaving feedback try and make it positive/constructive criticism or don't leave a comment at all. It's that type of negativity that gets people generalized as 'mean' or 'bad' people. So yeah, you don't like it then you don't have to bother reading it...

Finally, can't we all just get along? I mean that's a serious question right there, honestly can we all just get along? There's an obvious rift between two seperate 'factions' of users and it's honestly becoming tiresome to see the two sides taking cheap shots at one another at every little opportunity. Now for those of you who don't see this/try to ignore it... it is slowly becoming a major issue with more blogs about greivances from one side to another popping up each week. I just kinda think we should all just try and get along as a community and work together to make this wiki a great place to be... but it's difficult when the wiki is pretty much split in two. For those who disagree with what I've said in this comment, feel free to correct me below. This is simply my opinions on the matters and I'd love to hear everyone else's.

P.S. Jacky, thanks for at least not completely blowing up at the whole situation. I know some people have been stressing you out over this and thanks for keeping your composure.