Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13301-20170502181922/@comment-28083312-20170508143702

It’s the principle of the thing that matters lad. Whether PIs are the way a community wants to go or not is, or at least it should be, totally up to the communities in question. As far as I know, an option wasn’t given to WikiDex; it was simply done, albeit after unsuccessful suggestions, & Fandom had to strike down a legitimately appointed bureaucrat to ensure that their dictates were followed. This wasn’t a ToU violation where it would be reasonable to step in, this was a purely aesthetic choice (beyond tagging ads to the bottom of PIs) that was thrust upon the Wiki without their consent. There is no point in freedom if you cannot choose to decline “help,” no matter how well intentioned, if you don’t want it.

"“To be ‘cured’ against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”" —C.S. Lewis[src ] Needless to say, a statement from Staff on the matter would be appreciated. Whether it be in clarifying their ‘side of the story’ or in apologizing, I’d like to see the reasoning behind it.