Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-1370845-20141227162737/@comment-32788838-20141227203018

I agree with the elimination of the blog system. The thread system - such as this - is not only more mechanically sound and efficient than blogs, it is also far more attractive and much less clumsy and rigid and messy by a significant margin. There is no real usage in retaining redundant features just because the community happens to enjoy the priviledge of access to such - this was what the entire debate many years ago in regards to the transition of the Shoutbox to the IRC channel was about and, in the very same situation, the Shoutbox was purged because it was a redundant and pointless feature when stuff could be discussed in a much more direct and personal manner on the IRC.

The justification behind "Sporewiki is a community, the majority of edits are towards the fictionspace rather than the mainspace" is not a good justification for retaining a pointless and outdated system; if anything, that is merely a means to display how detrimental the edit flow of the wiki has become. The fictionverse was not the reason why the wiki was built and maintained yet we have somehow managed to abuse it, for better or for worse. Nonetheless, having the priviledge of access to a redundant means of doing things is a silly conclusion and clogs up Wikia memory that could be put towards much more useful aspects, and I disagree with using the community aspect of the wiki as a means to determine the system's survival.

I am surprised there is even a discussion regarding this subject when it has been shown time and time again that the administrative board know what they are doing and what is best for the wiki even if it does happen to piss off certain members of the wiki. Caretaking should not become a matter held back by the supposed community; it should be a duty and not a debate.