User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The Official Discord Server for Fandom and Gamepedia Editors/@comment-5785681-20190709021451

Hm. Apparently, my concerns about DISCORD aren't just mine, alone. These parameters are a good start but there are still questions on the table about DISCORD's operation on WIKIs and within FANDOM.

First and foremost, insisting that DISCORD users be registered wiki editors is critical and DISCORD identities be made known alongside their WIKI/FANDOM identities equally important, especially since FANDOM is taking on the legal responsibility for what goes on there (regardless of the waivers and caveats). In practice, it means WIKIs are no longer anonymous streetcorners where anyone with any agenda can come and shoot the breeze on its DISCORD server. In truth, DISCORD has been known to be used as hangouts for politicizing, conducting illegal transactions and promoting agendas that have nothing to do with the hosting site. I still don't think it belongs on Wiki, but if it's here, it should be as transparent as WIKIs are and held to as high a standard of openness between members.

So here are my questions:

1. Who will be monitoring the discourse conducted within?

2. Will transcripts of the conversations be made available to the hosting community (i.e. the hosting WIKI)  just as all forum/CF feed activity is?

These are two vital pieces to address, along with those already in place. If conversations on DISCORD remain private, where's the transparency and open communication being promised?

I see potential in this, but still have concerns.

Angelle 02:14, July 9, 2019 (UTC)