@Loquatic mentioned it first. With the addition of many more holidays to our Wiki Holiday List, I'm considering making monthly threads to allow any users to make and submit wordmark holiday edits for future holidays.

Here's where I'm at with the idea now: May Holidays Thread 2024

I made that thread on the Experimental so that users can have the space to discuss and find one another's wordmark edits more easily. I can make a category or two there, if enough people are interested.

Your thoughts?

I’ve seen a ton of like character hate and arc hate posts lately and they just don’t seem all that positive like people bashing on other peoples fav characters is kinda happening here I guess idk. The like huge arguments about stuff like this aren’t really great so could we maybe keep the hate down to a minimum? Thanks lol!

Trigger Warning: The following post contains mentions of and references to the problematic canon events in the series, such as Whirlpool's predatory behavior, Darkstalker's abusive and genocidal tendencies, and other unsettling themes. Please click or scroll away if you are not in a good headspace to continue reading.

INTRODUCTION

Throughout the past 5 years I've been on this wiki, I've seen several polls asking for other people's opinions on WoF characters. Sometimes they can be fun, but lately I've usually just seen them written in ways that are... odd.

The threads asking for thoughts on villains can devolve into debating the morality of said villain, such as whether or not Darkstalker is "morally gray" and whether Whirlpool is a pedophile or just a groomer, and whether or not they're the same thing. As for polls on characters who aren't villains, they tend to be very polarizing. For example, a poll asking for thoughts on Glory could have the only options of "She's the best character who ever existed!" vs "Meh" vs "I HATE HER I WISH [insert violent content here]*"

While these can be lighthearted, they can sometimes cause users to get heated or upset at the options, or the debates on morality or discussion regarding how well-written a character is.

PROPOSITION

I believe it could be beneficial to limit character discussion/debate posts to threads rather than polls.

Why?

• It prevents users from polarizing the community or feeling like they have to pick an option they don't agree with, which can lower the risk of the discussion devolving.

• It encourages users to share in-depth thoughts and put effort into their posts rather than making posts that are borderline drama-baiting like asking "Hey do you like an adult that wanted to marry a child? :P"

• It causes users to share their thoughts first, which makes discussions of this nature more open.

• It lowers the chances of having heated morality debates, and instead encourages civil discussions regarding how characters were handled in canon or the problems people within the community might have with behaviors of said character.

• It's generally easier to to interpret tone and intent on text threads than it is on polls, so it's easier to communicate thoughts and feelings on these sorts of discussions.

TL;DR

This community is full of opinionated people. While it's fun to share thoughts on characters, the polls on this tend to be extreme and polarizing or even debate morality, which can cause the discussion to devolve into heated debates. That's why I think we ban polls on this topic and instead keep them to text threads because those tend to be much less provoking.

*I acknowledge that wishing violence on characters with malicious intent is generally prohibited, but that rule generally refers to wishing death rather than violence, and it can sometimes be difficult to determine intent.

AI has been a popular subject recently and I think the wiki could benefit from a reminder post or a part in the newsletter. Many people have forgotten that AI generated work is not allowed on the wiki. I’ve noticed many post (including one of mine) have been deleted for mentioning/having AI writing or pictures.

I personally wasn’t aware of this before and I’ve heard others claim not to be as well. I feel that the wiki could avoid this problem a little less with a small reminder. 👍

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why don't admins do block requests? this will probably make me sound extremely stupid if its a simple answer

by block requesting I mean a user requesting for THEMSELVES to be blocked, either due from like. fomo or mental health reasons

just wondering!!

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On april fools most posts about it aren't said to be jokes, wich is an issue for people with issues telling fiction from reality. wich makes a lot of posts hard to read, so I suggest having a rule that posts need to be said as a joke. it would make posts more accessible to those with trouble telling fiction fom reality.

Sincerally, someone with schizoaffective bipolar/who has delusions and has a very hard time telling fiction from reality

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So I've noticed numerous times about people posting traced or heavily referenced official show art with absolutely no credit. I get why this is allowed for Wings of Fire official content, but I don't get why this is allowed with any show.

If someone were to post traced official art of, say, a really obscure show, and didn't mention anywhere it was traced, unless it's obvious, who's going to know it's traced? That's still technically theft, who's going to know it was official art? It doesn't make sense that we're allowed to trace official show art from anything and not have to credit.

And where is the line drawn between official shows and smaller projects? Where does it stop being illegal traced art and start being official show art? I don't get it at all, and it feels unfair to any creators that we're allowed to trace without credit.

I do see where it's coming from with official Wings of Fire content, as everyone is going to know it's official art, but not where it can be any official art.

We say that you can't post bases without credit or else it's considered stealing. so why isn't it the same for show art? Why are we allowed to not credit traced art from any official thing?

Also, I'd like to point out how it says traced art isn't allowed at all in the rules, so either it hasn't been updated or it's not being followed correctly. (I’d also like to propose an update of the rules, they feel really outdated.)

Tracing art, claiming art you did not create as your own, and other forms of theft are not permissible.

I propose that all traced content from official shows, (besides WoF, since it remains obvious. Or not, we could include it) is required to at least credit the show for the original art, since I've seen a lot of it before and absolutely no credit. It's still tracing, and it's still theft.

I know people trace for practice, but it feels really wrong to trace art and not credit at all. (This tracing wouldn’t apply to meme images [IRL pictures of non-art] as they aren’t necessarily a piece of art that some spent time drawing.)

So there's my proposal. This has been bothering me for a while, and I thought I should put it out.

Sorry if anything here isn't correct or I've mistaken anything, but feel free to add on in the comments whatever I may have missed or incorrectly believed.

(also, I do believe there was a thread for suggestions but I am unable to find it- if so, can anyone provide a link?)

Pinging mods for consideration. @AphidLeafybug @Animals1778 @RiverTumbl

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