Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-3467648-20140409150159/@comment-53539-20140409212227

To be honest, I'd rather it be counted as spam then to have to go through the process of forcing people to comply with one thread.

Also while I do sympathize with the "dead thread" notion, note that a lot of forums will end up with hundreds fo dead threads, many relevant but forgotten, or people just stop talking.

Having a single long thread works when its a thread that is random like "what is on your mind", but having a focused thread... Well... This is asking a lot of strangers to stay focused and not go off topic. Its why having the single items thread doesn't work - people want their opinion to be significantly heard and as annoying as that is, as I said, I'd rather the forums get used.

In some cases, the threads end up at least creating topics of talk for some of the smaller quieter Vocaloid fandoms, so the random "spam" thread like shipping at least will spark things off for that Vocaloid. :-/

To me, its just a necessary evil, especially if we're trying to encourage use of the forums. Reality is their better off at forums like VO, but if you haven't noticed, VO is a sharp learning curve for many fans. And its very off putting, with some veteran fans there even admitting there is a air of elitism about the forum. The wikia is more aimed at newbies though, so for us, catering to newbie fans comes at a price. Their often energetic, random and maybe lack confidence to speak up due to lack of experience with veteran fans or their fan subject.

Excuse my approach, sometimes I'm negative to these fans myself, I'm a veteran fan myself as many of you guys also are too. I don't want the wikia itself to be negative to the newbies and put them off.

I know VO forums has a lot to say about some of the experienced editors here, and none of us are perfect either, but you have to ask if we want to stay as we are or become more like what everyone else in the fandom is. I don't want this issue to keep coming up, we discuss it, just because a subject of a thread pops up time and time again. Eventually it gets to the point where no one wants to make threads because they feel like they don't contribute anything at all or their opinion is belittled.

I'm not speaking as a editor in this post, I'm speaking as a veteran net use who has seen many sides to a forum direction. And from experience, restricting topics to one thread per subject, impacts the confidence people have to make new threads. true people don't look things up... But their newbies, as I said, they come at a cost. :-/