Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-13310645-20140201050415/@comment-10950063-20140202000341

There are over 13,000 pages here. Of course there are worst pastas than yours, but they haven't been deleted not because we think they're good, but because we haven't come across them yet. And I understand that it's jarring to see your work gone, but try to see it from our perspective.

If we gave every one a warning, we would have to give EVERY ONE a warning. Maybe not obvious spam pages, but even the worst pages where it's clear someone has tried. We delete stories to improve the overall quality of the site, but if we have to wait then more and more stories pile up or we forget about the story. Wikia does send out automatic notifications when a story is deleted.

I'm sure you did work hard and I know it feels bad to have work rejected. That's fine, it's a natural reaction. But that is part of becoming a better writer and it's part of putting a creative work out in public. I've noticed that Deviant Art people seem to have a lot of trouble with this concept. Not you, you've been very reasonable and have a generally good attitude.

Most outlets have gatekeepers. Mods, admins, editors, producers, bosses. Amateur, freelance and professional all have to deal with that. Someone will judge your work, sometimes they throw it out. DA is nice, you get your own space and you have control over it, but the rest of the world isn't DA.

Learning to deal with criticism is as an important skill as storytelling or grammar. It will always bother you, but you learn to manage and sort good criticism from bad.