Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-30602727-20160202181457/@comment-53539-20160310081757

EmbraceEvil wrote: Angel Emfrbl wrote: nah don't worry most people know not to assume a woman is on her period. also, damn you're dedicated for working with/around the hell that is wikipedia I expected it to be bad... But this time around, aside from a 'icky feeling I'm fine.
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wikipedia isn't so bad, sometimes. Its just very stressful and frustrating. If you encounter a problem you don't have the ability to negotiate with the community and sort out any mess or ask for help, nor do you have the luxury of assuming people will help you.

I wouldn't call it dedication as I'd rather not make any new pages at all. In fact I'd rather NOT edit wikipedia if there was a choice. But the problem is the same thing that was hitting the fandom in 2010, that nobody wants to do it the job it seems. This is harsh because wikipedia and the wikia are often the first things turning up on google or general search engine searches. The whole situation effects every fandom, that if one is neglected the fandom suffers. Fans really on wikias for quick look ups and stuff like that, even if they don't ness. believe what their reading, they still feel more comfort if these pages exist.

For noobs, its a quicck-look-up quick to find out what everything is, so the better these two sites wiki pages are the better. Veterans aren't actually expected to read wiki pages unless they want some information on stuff like beating a video game or general spoilers to a series.... But noobs use them for quick catch ups. Veterans shouldn't need to look t wiki pages, but the noob does... Its kinda sad, knowing that, because you can't talk about wikia stuff or wikipedia stuff at VO forums. The general fan there just doesn't want to know. We've had a few critics come here, but they meet one issue with the existing editors and they leave...

Believe me, if someone else was editing wikipedia either way, because of how much I hate that site, I would not be editing at all... ITs funny, because while the guys at VO criticize us over our content wiipedias Vocaloid pages rarely get touched... You think they would jump on them, but once again they do not. The situation with the wiki pages of us and wikipedia is the same as its always been, that 1 complete I've always had since I tried to get people to edit in 2010.

And believe me, I've had a lot of bad experiences with wikipedia in the past over the One Piece pages. Don't forget, the wikia fr that fandom exists because of those events in the first place. :-/