User blog comment:StoryGirl83/Recent Situation in the Discussion Area/@comment-37484301-20190616205605

I myself started about 6 months ago and have come to regard the Choices Wiki and the users as friends/family. I like the community and camaraderie, the exchange of experiences/knowledge/theories of Choices stories, and I like helping where I can. I haven't been present for all of the trolling, but just the last few months of it. It's sad that the troll(s) feel the need to ruin the wiki and waste all the time everyone spent into building the wiki, and now to attack the admins and moderators. I hate blocking people too, so I feel for our regular admins because it isn't something any of us do lightly or without thought.

They / we try to maintain a peaceful place for discussion and share of ideas. Yes, there is structure - so there are rules/suggestions on how pages are formatted - but that's because the wiki would be a hot mess if it wasn't organized (there would be more than 1087 pages if every user created something different that could have been combined into an easy-to-read structured page). If you notice, the older stories / pages had most every kind of page created for it... and as we get to the newer stories, we figure we don't need as many pages if certain things can be condensed; so most of that has been edited/restructured/renamed to be more handy to all users. If you have any questions about adding new pages, it never hurts to message one of the admins about it.

I've noticed the users that get blocked have been insulting in their comments - I remember one user called another "stupid" for not reading the dialogue carefully. I don't expect everyone to get along, but everyone should know that language like that (and I have seen the comments get worse than that) isn't tolerated. Neither are racist/sexist/homophobic comments, and neither are grotesque/NSFW pictures. Also, modded versions of the game cannot be discussed here (you do what you want to do privately, but you cannot mention/ask/suggest it on the wiki). Basically, common sense, right? If someone is being aggressive, take a breath, a step back, and don't engage. Respect others, treat others as you would want them to respect and treat you.