User blog:Nalyd Renrut/Be Nice - Please Read

One thing I've always loved about the wiki is we get along. I can never think of a time there's been a fight on the FF wiki, we just come here to read each others' works and write stories. Today I was scanning the FI page to check out some artwork, as I frequently do, and I noticed something; y'all are getting vicious up in here.

I saw several comments that, to me, were harsh for no reason. Those of you who go to the TDWiki know I've always hated the reasons people oppose things, very infrequently judging whatever it is they're voting for for what it really is, I.E. opposing an image because they think people who have never seen the show won't understand what's going on.

So, I went through the votes that I thought were more criticism than constructive criticism and will post them here, I will not say who posted the comments.


 * 1) "Ummm... this isn't much of a Total Drama story..." - Don't oppose an image because the story isn't related to Total Drama. Go through the images that have been featured, how many have been Total Drama related?
 * 2) "It's a nice image, but I don't think it really has a TD connection." - To quote most oppose reasons, per above.
 * 3) "She looks like a over-weight dwarf" - I found this one to just be plain rude.
 * 4) "No offense, but you NEED art lessons." - Just plain rude, regardless of the "No offense."
 * 5) "Even if I wanted to say that's a good pic, I CAN'T!" - Ouch.
 * 6) "You are a hypocrite, you say other people's drawing are terrible, when you have the WORST picture on the ballot by FAR.
 * 7) "You are obviously an amazing artist, but let's face it, since computers were invented, hand-drawing artists have had to step it up a bit. XD. It's really good, but sorry, it's not good enough for FI." - This comment started out sounding like a constructive criticism, but I found it to be a bit ridiculous to oppose an image solely because it was hand-drawn. We've had hand-drawn Featured Images in the past.
 * 8) "No TD connection, can't be featured. This is starting to become a theme..." - Took the words right out of my mouth.

So I'd like to request that everyone try harder to remember to be polite to other users, regarding their works that they posted, regardless of it's quality. Be nice.

If any admins believe we should have a rule regarding oppose comments needing to contain constructive criticism included, please comment.