Thread:Andrew Cao/@comment-27278571-20160419094658

Hi Andrew,

We haven't met yet - I'm Philippe, and I'm Senior Director for Community Support and Engagement at Wikia. I'm writing you today because it's been brought to me a few times that you're using the Wikia logo in your signature in a way that may lead people to wrongly believe that you're a member of Wikia staff, and I am asking you to stop doing that.

It may seem like it's just a useless rule or something but it's not. We need people to know that when they see that logo, they're talking to legitimate staff, because we sometimes have to convey really important and serious messages to people, and we can't have them wondering whether it's legitimate or someone impersonating staff. They need to just know that every time they see that logo, it's legit. I'm afraid that your usage of the logo could lead to confusion, and I am pretty sure that's not what you intended.

I'm going to check back in a day or so to make sure that the logo is gone. If it's not, I'm going to have to take further action. This is the "friendly" me, asking you to fix it proactively as a courtesy. :)  I want to keep it on that level, because I know that you've been making a lot of edits here, and are working on adoptions, and I really want that work to be successful.

I hope that I'll see that the next time you logged on, you saw this note and immediately changed your signature to something that's not confusing. That would go a long way toward demonstrating that you're here to help, and not to cause trouble.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation, Andrew.

Philippe (help forum | blog) 09:46, April 19, 2016 (UTC) 