Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-175.158.201.4-20190211165509/@comment-35813313-20190212022359

Pokechurin wrote:I'm going to be very blunt, I'm kind of upset with the reviewing that has been going on the wiki. Simply put, it has become a roasting fest for new users who just simply want to have their ideas seen...The best way to get people interested in a wiki community is simply put: To engage them, to get them excited...This has gone out of control. I think it's pretty common knowledge that most roles people make are rejected, and that's totally fine and it makes sense. However, the comments being made about people's ideas aren't constructive, and are often accompanied with insults that bring no discussion to the table. Example: I post a Vigilante rehash Reviewer: This role is a complete abomination. It doesn't work, it has no creativity, and really has nothing to do with the game I know and love, Town of Salem Coven Edition. Or Reviewer: Wow, we see way too many of these garbage roles, seriously. Alright now I'll go make a critical paragraph about it that gives no way to improve your idea. I get that some ideas aren't salvageable, but in that case, you can always tell the user that it isn't going to work, but that we'd be happy to help him improve in terms of his ideas. In doing so, you introduce the member into the communtiy, as someone who can participate in discussion, and maybe, get involved into the community that is the wiki we know today. But instead, no, we shun them, we negatively tell users that their ideas are not worth looking at, that their role is "unfixable, a disaster, completely broken"...Instead of saying "just another rehash", we should explain to them how to improve.

I'd like you to read Pokechurin's argument, Ore. They make a good one about how we don't encourage users enough, how we discourage them instead of giving them suggestions. If you think this is a bad idea, great! Help them. Help the user improve their idea, an idea they no doubt put work and effort into, by suggesting how they can improve it.