User blog comment:Kirkburn/Introducing the Community Page - a hub for community info/@comment-26437440-20160629192814/@comment-452-20160710222254

For those who don't realise, DEmersonJMFM is the 4th highest non-staff/council/star/sysop/vstf/blocked contributor to Community Central, he is very knowledgable and has helped thousands of people over the years.

Regardless of whether you think that he should be required to include a link when he gives the valid information that the answer can be found below, it is a net loss for the entire Wikia community that he has decided to stop helping people.

His reply was on-topic, and helpful, but was apparently just not helpful enough to the powers that be.

Meanwhile, off-topic comments are still okay all over Community Central.

"Or maybe you could just tell him the answer instead of typing such a useless and condescending reply?"

I think it's very interesting that when *I* was given a "useless and condescending reply" that a comment I had made was redundant (A similar comment had been made, but mine contained more information), two Wikia Staff members replied to my comment without saying anything to the person who called my comment redundant, and when I called the user out on it, *I* was the one who received the warning for my "tone", but apparently Final Chidori's "tone" is fine.

In my situation, I was playing the role of both MZD and Final Chidori - yet I received the warning for my response (in Final Chidori's place) rather than the user making the incorrect and condescending reply.

In DEmersonJMFM's case, at least he is correct that the answer is below, while the person responding to me was incorrect, and no-one said a damn thing about his reply.

"It can be quite discouraging for new editors to come and seek help on here only to be given a seemingly condescending/curt answer."

MZD has been here over a year and said thanks already, so using how a hypothetical new user might feel as justification of your treatment of DEmersonJMFM is like trying to put a square peg into a round hole. When you see DEmersonJMFM say this to a new editor, feel free to use this excuse to lambast him publicly.

It can be quite discouraging for existing editors to post new information only to be incorrectly told it is redundant, but no-one seems to care about that.

It can be quite discouraging for existing editors when 2 Wikia Staff members completely ignore the incorrect statement that new information is redundant, but no-one seems to care about that.

It can be quite discouraging for existing editors when a Community Central admin removes a deletion request to remove the apparently redundant post in order to avoid conflict, but no-one seems to care about that.

It can be quite discouraging for existing editors, after calling out the other user, to be then told off by a Community Central admin for my "tone", and for all of the evidence ultimately swept under the rug, but no-one seems to care about that.

And finally, it can be quite discouraging for existing editors when Community Central admins pile-on with negative responses to regular users who are just trying to help. I've noticed this happening quite a lot recently, if driving away helpful people like DEmersonJMFM is your goal, then keep up the great work.