Forum:Reverting is demotivating

Hey guys,

Let me start by saying that I'm impressed by the quality and extensiveness of this wikia. I know that took some doing!

But to be honest, I'm a bit miffed about how things are done in this wikia. Apparently the policy is to revert and delete everything in case of doubt. I guess I can see a little bit where it is coming from, seeing the large amount of vandalism that continuously has to be reverted.

Still, I consider reverting and deleting as demotivating. It's effectively shutting out and demotivating people who may otherwise have positive contributions. And if nothing else, isn't this about fans coming together and joining in something they commonly enjoy? Isn't demotivating fans an undesired effect? The consequence is that effectively only a small set of people will actually contribute.

It seems to me that new members should be welcomed! And new (non-vandalist) contributions should be accepted as a rule. Or rather, they should be challenged if applicable, instead of just more or less silently be reverted/deleted.

As I see it, the way to move forward and to motivate, is to embrace what is coming in! Challenge it! Discuss it! But revert/delete/ban only as a last option, when nothing else works.

How do you all feel about this? There must be other ways to deal with this, such as limiting modifications to registered wikia users, which will at least block spamming by "ip-number" or "Fandom Users"...

Or am I missing something? As I said, this wikia does have an impressive quality...

I like Serena (talk) 21:57, January 6, 2017 (UTC)