Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-5590118-20140921233707/@comment-25393922-20140922015815

CassistRabbit wrote: Steam Phoenix wrote: FOR THOSE OF YOU SAYING IT'S POINTLESS:

Do you guys do nothing for fun anymore? If it seems pointless, chances are, it's being done for fun. Why do you guys have to nitpick everything as to why we need it or not? If you know what the definition of fun is, you can logically infer that not everything has some kind of humongous point to it.

I think this project would reach to people who are interested in the history. It may even expand the community. Saying "no, it's pointless!" is silly. We have to lighten up on some things and be a little less serious. The first scientist didn't do science because there was a point. He did it because he was curious and wanted to have some fun.

The better question is: Why should there be a point to it? I have to nitpick everything because I know this is a very busy site and only a handful of the vast amount of users are at all dedictaed in helping it function. If something doesn't appear to have a benefit to the site, then it may not be useful to include.

Why is saying that something is pointless considered silly? I don't mean it to be completely without use; I just question if we really want or need the extra work. And just ebcause you or someone else likes doing something does not mean that everyone else will; I know most people (myself included) liked the idea of a writing collab, but once it was instituted, I changed my mind. But did me not doing anything for an optional activity hurt the site?

Please keep in mind, Callie, I'm only one user and this is only the opinion of one person. If this gets included, and people enjoy working on it, then that's good. We'll have to see what happens to know for sure. The reason calling it pointless is silly is because the point is to have fun while benefiting the site. I'm fully aware that not everyone else will like it; that doesn't mean we should deny it. It doesn't necessarily mean "more work!" I've worked on an encyclopedia page. Once it has everything on it, it's done. Much easier to manage than the mass of articles we have.