Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31256456-20190830060531/@comment-31256456-20190902235243

TheLastHappyPotato wrote: Ok seriously can someone explain to me what's BAD about those boards? I really don't see the urgent issue

I'm getting from Pokechurin's original post that she thinks overly focusing on those boards is causing important posts to die out but like, I'm only still here because those boards exist

I showed up to the wiki to ask a question, and stayed because I liked the games/off topic boards.

I probably wouldn't have stuck around if all you could do were role suggestions that never get accepted and general discussions about the wiki

So like, I don't get why everyone seems to think that those boards are "stealing our user's attention" or something

Unless I'm missing something? The problem isn't you sticking around or whatever, the issue is that role reviews and important work around the wiki are not being completed. About 10 % of the role reviews that I checked a few weeks ago were incomplete. That by all means is just unacceptable. We need to find solutions to this. I am arguing that the fun and games board drives attention away from the purpose of the wiki. The wiki is not meant to be a hangout spot (though it's good in a way that it has this as it allows users to build a community that will be committed to fixing these problems). It is meant to provide info and if we aren't doing a good job of what we are meant to be doing, we're not doing well at our job.

The fun and games board, yes, brings new users, but it also prevents the wiki from effectively serving it's purpose. This can be changed if the games were more central towards the Wiki.