Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31256456-20190830060531/@comment-32783587-20190831231547

Vert I agree with most of that, but tos is unique in that people don't come here for just information, they also come for role ideas that could theoretcially make it into the game. Im not sure what vert's thoughts are on role reviewers and if they count as staff's responsibility to do or just "off topic", useless threads that he dislikes.

counter-counter-point- you'd be surprised on what percent of people who come here just want to see the wiki pages for strategy and mechanics (vert mentioned this). Probably less than a tenth of a percent even go to the forum. But my point is that there are still a lot of role ideas, and i don't think that should be thrown in the "shit" pile like off topic stuff and roleplays.

I used google trends again, and "town of salem wiki" has declined recently but not significantly. If all shitposting was removed and every single active forum member left, our numbers probably wouldn't even affect the chart too much (as long as mainspace is still good).

But vert's rant, succeeded. I didn't really think about it untilhe said it, and now I agree with him. Seriously, I've had at least three arguments with him, but i respect that, unlike almost ALL of the staff/ex-staffmembers, he can actually be honest and provide criticism and doesn't have much of a filter. Instead, everyone here just acts too nice, and ignores the fact that this wiki has real problems. SO, vert's point should be taken into consideration, this wiki may consider to ban shitposts, remove off topic board, and maybe even tos roleplay and take that elsewhere; the staff page should be updated, and this wiki should be about role reviewing, news and announcements, questions, discussion, and information. It's not going to get boring because theres alot of stuff i just mentioned there. Still, there could be the occasional game or two, but the hardcore, edit racking, shitposting stuff needs to go. And it's the STAFF, the community heads of the wiki, that need to do this change. This isn't roleplay wikia. this is TOS wiki, keep it true to its  name. Vert's rant is like bernie sanders,a breath of fresh air (even if u dont agree with him), unlike others who are more like joe biden, a boring dud.

Last thing, if mainspace becomes more important,it needs to be improved. there's enough strategy,but many of them contradict each other. Like, for example, "it's a good idea to tell people you're a jester" then "however,this will result in the jailor executing you, so it's a horrible claim" it's just so disorganized