User blog comment:StrangerThanTad/What happened to Slimebeast's pastas?/@comment-5943448-20170929184631/@comment-4715955-20171002013936

I think you kind of have assumed the worst, to be honest. There's some legit truth in your concerns about the wikis, but I think when you address the issue with a dismissive attitude or rant videos, you've already assumed the worst and are basically just throwing gas on a fire rather than trying to help put it out. At the first sign of a clique trend you could've brought it up with Cleric in private (and I won't assume you didn't); if it kept up you could've make a blog post like, "I hate to bring this up, but I've noticed a pattern in the community I find a little disturbing. Am I the only one who sees this?" and just state your case that way. Some people would be mad regardless of how it's brought up, but that's to be expected because it's a touchy subject and someone's always going to feel singled out when discussing whether a community is playing favorites or not.

Like I said, I admit I haven't been too active in this community lately -- seems like neither of us has -- but I can also totally see what you're talking about. Guidelines are starting to get a bit strangulating, and the senior community members, like in any writing community, need to be kept in check so they don't dominate the wiki. I just don't think it's gotten as totally out of hand as you suggest (though it does need to be addressed), and maybe the incident with a particular mod harassing you and your buddies is fueling your perspective more than you want to admit. I mean, I'm still pretty miffed about it myself -- I've gone godzilla on a few people around here for lashing out at criticism.

I'm trying to see it from both sides. I think both sides have a point, and both sides also need to check themselves a bit.