Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209674-20140225224507/@comment-5578690-20140315070045

Sannse wrote:

We actually had a very similar conversation when we moved from an approval system for wikias (which did not allow more than one wikia on any topic) to a "self-service" system without pre-approval.

It was a difficult discussion in many ways. We had all the concerns mentioned here, and more. We had been used to a careful approval system that not only looked at what wikias already existed, but also at whether the topic was one we thought would fit well with Wikia and that we thought was likely to succeed. since you mentioned that a discussion occurred regarding removing the approval system, if you still remember the discussion could you link that so that the community can view it even if its extremely old so that we can see more of the reasonings from both sides.