Hello everybody! :D
I want to bring to your attention the current issues that I have observed on this wiki thus far. There are numerous things I want to discuss with you all. As wiki contributors, it is your obligation to read this thread as it is very important in order for us to progress further as a community on this wiki.
Irrelevant and/or Unnecessary Categories
I have offically removed the Girl Meets World category. Former admins have brought up this unnecessary category as an issue in past discussions, however, no further action has been taken. Special thanks goes to Nic98ole for helping me accomplish the difficult and long task of removing the category from all pages. If I find that you are adding this category back into the pages, I will give you a warning before I block you for a time period on this wiki. I will remind you that everything on this wiki is Girl Meets World related, therefore, it would be redundant to have this category on every single one of our pages.
If any of you feel that there still exists irrelevant and/or unnecessary categories on this wiki, please reply back to this thread listing the categories you feel are not needed as well an an explanation to why you feel they are unnecessary. A Category Guidelines page has now been made. You are expected to read this page and abide by the policies. There are no excuses if you are given a warning and later blocked from the wiki for not reading our new guidelines.
Templates
This really isn't an issue, but I thought I would you let you guys know about the good news. I have added more Userboxes which you can now use on your profiles! If you have suggestions for templates that have not been made yet, you can do so here or better yet, you can message me or any of the other admins on our walls and we will make them for you! :)
"Ship Wars"
This issue is essentially important to bring up now as everybody is anxiously waiting for the August episodes to air and there have been rumors floating around the wiki of some of the "Lucaya" spoilers in these episodes. As a netural party for both ships, I would like to kindly ask all of you to behave while on any of the pairing pages, but especially on the "Lucaya" and "Rucas" pages. I have had to deal with a few users today for misbehaving and provoking "ship wars" on the Lucaya page. Please respect people's opinions and beliefs, there is no need to cause any problems with one another
As for the users that get provoked to start ship wars, I would advise you not to reply to comments that bash your favorite couple. You are only making the problem worse! There are admins and message walls on this wiki for a reason and so I ask you to message any of us admins and we will deal with the users that are only looking to cause problems for everybody.
This goes for anybody that replies back to any ship-war-provoking comment; you will be warned once not to reply back to these types of comments before you are blocked from wiki for a time period. Further consequences will be taken into action if you are caught doing it again. As it is stated as one of our policies: "When a bullying problem, argument, or any type of wiki violation occurs, if needed respond in the civil way by telling an admin. Do not retaliate in a negative way or violate other rules." There should be no reason to reply back to these comments, you should be contacting an admin immediately and one of us will handle it.
For the time that I am here as an admin, one of my main goals is to stop these ship wars once and for all and I intend to do that.
Trolls
Rule number 6 of our Policies under "Behavior policies" now states: Please do not respond back to a "troll" as this feeds their purpose to keep trolling pages and users. Report any inappropriate and/or rude comment to an admin. If you are caught responding back to a troll's comment, you will be given one warning before being blocked from the wiki for a time period.
I give thanks to the users that report trolls to me. I really do appreciate it, however, there are some people who don't do anything about trolls and I feel that this is an issue that must be brought up here. Just like with the users that provoke ship wars between pairing pages, you MUST report trolls in general to us. Often times I have found comments written by trolls with as many as five replies of the opposing side and I have never been notified by them. Please start reporting from now on for those that don't. Cyberbullying is a matter which I take very seriously as I have been a victim to it at one point in my life. I want to make sure this wiki remains welcoming, friendly and free from verbal harrassment.
In summary
- The "Girl Meets World" category has been removed. Please don't add it to pages.
- Refrain from adding irrelevant and/or unnecessary categories to our pages.
- Read and follow our new Category Guidelines.
- Suggest userboxes to any of the admins and we'll make them for you. :)
- Don't think you can be the "hero" by defending your "ship" and responding back to these trolls. As contributors, we must work together to prevent cyberbullying on this wiki. Report the troll to an admin and only then will you be making a difference. :)
- If you respond back to comments made by trolls you will receive a warning. If you are caught doing this again, you will be blocked.
I feel like I'm here 24/7 guys, but in reality I am not. I do try to make every effort to be on as much as possible and try to help out as much as possible with any given situation or problem you have. Even if you need someone to talk to, I'm always here to listen. :)
I will try my best to make a thread like this one every month to keep you guys up-to-date with the issues that occur in this wiki and the problems that we all must fix as a team. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me as well as any admin on the wiki.
Be kind to one another! Thanks guys! :)
