Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-3551372-20150701020125/@comment-3551372-20150704165858

452 wrote: I read the responses to the "I'm gonna attempt this but I'm gonna get a predictable response..." blog post, and the following arguments have no merit::Stop closing threads because they're "off topic" unless you posted it or it's on your wall. It is the responsibility of admins/moderators to do exactly this.
 * Let the community decide, if you can't handle that, it's better if you leave!

While some decisions may require community involvement, something as simply as "no off-topic posts" is not something the mob should have a say in.
 * And why should it not, the purpose of the thread is accomplished, let people have fun!

Just no.

And your own comment:
 * Seriously, I'm gonna need consensus before we add it to our rules

As with above, if you require consensus from the rabble in order to control the rabble, then you've already lost.

Incidentally, the rules written exactly a year ago specifically say "Don't go against admins", so you already had free rein.

Requiring people to stay on-topic is a perfectly normal thing that happens on forums far and wide, and while trolls may try to call you hitler for enforcing it, even if 1000 people signed a petition saying "remove pinklol16 because they want to force us to stay on topic", Wikia Staff would likely - hopefully - ignore it.

But in this case, I agree that abandoning the wiki is probably the best course of action. These are the very things I tried to say, bar some of the stuff about the consensus thing. I stated to them several times that keeping people on-topic isn't just a thing I'm doing and that it's normal. It's so silly.

Right now, I am just gonna stay away because there are far too many who cannot control themselves.