Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-30535075-20170628145230/@comment-1429792-20170629125513

AppleLord wrote: Can someone explain to me, why are all profiles open to public edits? That is the entire point of a wiki, that it is a public/group effort, a collaboration. A wiki which locked every page permanently would not be allowed on the Fandom/Wikia platform.

AppleLord wrote: Mods don't actually update profiles with the new info from the novels. If someone else edits a page, it will get remove by a mod. Is this the only job you have in the wiki? With respect, you seem to have misunderstood. It is not the exclusive job of a mod to add all content to any wiki. Their role, aside from extra tools to manage a wiki like undeleting and renaming pictures, change themes etc, is to facilitate the updating of a wiki while enforcing the rules and standards of the wiki, making sure things are in the right place and to keep the peace so to speak. Being a wiki, it is open to all users to add content.

If something is removed, it is because it is against the policies of the wiki (usually because it doesn't have a source cited or is without basis), or because it is already mentioned on the page, unobjective/fanboying (which as I recently learned some childishly call fanwank!) etc.

Wouldn't it be easy-peasy to just block all profiles from public users? So mods could be the only ones authorized? It will make your work easier. Easy to do: yes. Right thing to do: no. Make the work easier: no. That just places quite a burden on small numbers. Many hands make light work and all that. Also it is totally against what wikis are. Here we have and will continue to allow people to edit the wiki, provided it is within the rules.

Why you personalised this to SunXia I don't know. I don't think it was justified or right on your part to do that when your beef seems to be with the wiki as a whole rather than her, so I have renamed this thread to its current name. All mods here have a very strong history of contributing to the wiki beyond just enforcing rules, in SunXia's case thousands of edits here since 2008. Myself and I think others have already said that novel content is fine in an apocrypha section.