User blog comment:Serza5/Elitist/@comment-53539-20140516093704

I've always wanted to make sure this wikia catered for noobs more then vets. I always expect veteran fans to know their stuff, whereas noob do not.

In my view, elitism is only a issue when your don't consider giving a noob a chance to get better. Many veteran fans of different franchises expect everyone around them to know everything about the things they know. This creates a problem, because from my experience, it takes at least 2 months to really grasp any series. Its not until 6 months you've managed to take enough in to really talk about the subject with some sounding input.

Noobs today may become veterans tomorrow. There are some fandoms I will not interact with because the elitism is too high. This is bad because, while I am a single individual, my view/points/opinions are not included in that fandoms community. Thats not a big of deal, but I'm not alone... There are hundreds fo people like me. By creating a fandom no one else can walk into, your essentially shunning out many opinions/views/points. The more people you have in the fandom, the stronger the fandom is. :-/