Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25058688-20140308183953/@comment-4750363-20140309003214

Alright, Maria, what the hell is going on.

The only reason that I didn't mind the chat closing is because you yourself said it was because of a bureaucracy thing. Which was understandable, the Bureaucrats have business that the rest of us aren't privy to.

But now I come here and find that the reason you shut down chat was to pitch users into the site and minimize drama. This has to be, by far, the most stupid move you have ever pulled.

You can't seriously expect that the chat users will see the chat down and think 'oh,vi'll go edit'. Since when will that happen, spcially since less than half of the regular chat users come exclusively for the chat ? It's outlandish to expect anything else than unhappiness from people.

Now it would be forgivable if that were the only reason. I'd have chalkd it up to simply a well-intentioned move to help the wikia. But shutting down chat to get rid of drama.

Congratulations ! Drama is gone. But tens of sensible users who don't cause any trouble are also gone. You erradicated rabies by killing all the dogs, rabid and non-rabid per equal, and left the other rabies-transmitter species alone. Because don't delude yourself, Maria. Drama is going to live in a lot of places, including the Wki itself. So you accomplished notjing worthwhile, yay

Ever thought about, oh, I don't know, banning those who cause drama, instead of making things worse for everybody, even those not related? Singling out and getting rid of those who cause drama ill always be the most effective way, and it won't turn ninety percent of the chat population against you.

People are getting tirdd of your lone-ranger attitude. You closed down chat fpr the most misguided reasons I have seen, without even discussing it with other people in a responsability role. And you outright lied about the reasons behind it, as well. And to make everything worse: this is far from being the first fucking time you go and do sometjing mindless without consulting at least those who are in the same hierarchy level than you. Bureaucrat is just a fancy title. We all know that it's just being able to give powers, so you better not think you're in a higher leel just because of it.

So you better step carefully from now on. You may not be demoted by anybody else, but let me tell you: if the community decides you're not fitting for the job, then they won't stop at anything to see you out of the power.