Thread:ResistanZ/@comment-26955746-20150131013433/@comment-26955746-20150131130033

((I realise that this is very long, but I would really appreciate if you could read it and respond when you get the chance))

I was more referring to the "user interface and functionality" part (i.e. the dropdown menu from the Wikia logo and the 'Start a wikia' button are now missing). I personally prefer your navbar as I stated in your blogpost about it a while back, but forgive me for genuinely thinking that this was in violation of the Terms of Use. I wasn't pointing it out because I decided I didn't want it like that any longer - like I said I actually like it. Now that you point out that Wikia staff have seen it and clearly didn't have a problem with it, I'm not really worried about it either. I don't intend to push the issue any further so I won't make a blog post.

This wasn't me thinking that I'm in charge of the wiki. This was me worried that our wiki had done something that was at odds with what users are allowed to do under the Terms of Use. I would never demand that someone do something purely based on the fact that I'm an admin/bureaucrat - I'm a firm believer that these rights don't give my opinion any additional weight whatsoever. I know that being a bureaucrat  or admin is not some position of power that allows that person to basically 'rule' the wiki, and I don't think I've done anything that suggested that I thought this was the case. This wasn't why I requested adminship either. I was and am aware that being an admin is about using your additional rights to benefit the wiki and to serve the community, and I've been doing my best to utilize these rights to make that happen.

I think this conversation had to be had eventually because I've been getting the impression that you have some sort of problem with me. It seems that you have a problem that I became a bureaucrat - I realise that I wasn't voted into that position but since there are only 2 active 'crats I didn't think this was an issue. Obviously it is to you so we can have some sort of vote on it if you would like, and I can remove my 'crat status if necessary. I don't believe anything along the lines of "[I] single-handedly run this wiki" and I don't know where you got that impression. Actually I'm still a bit bothered about your comments about the images I've uploaded. From how you phrased some of your comments, particularly "I must really insist that you limit the pictures you're uploading to the articles", I got the sense that you think your opinion alone warrants action being taken on an issue. I realise that later in that post you suggested that we have a vote if I didn't agree; but I still think that "insisting" a person do something (even if you semi retract that later) based on the fact that you personally have a problem with it is far more indicative that you think you "run" the wiki. Even if both of us happened to agree on that topic, I still think we should have had a vote. Like I said above, just because we're admins/'crats, its not up to us to make a big change like that on the wiki without consulting the community.

Other comments from you such as suggesting some of my contributions were "spammy" and basically stating your opinion as fact (i.e. the logo's I was uploading didn't "constitute any particularly useful information or does not represent something that a reader might be interested in seeing") have really bothered me because I'm making an effort to add what I feel is useful content and these comments do nothing but belittle my contribs in my view. On most of these occasions, these comments were made before you asked for my point of view (if you even asked for it at all) which I don't really think is fair or polite. I doubt you intended to cause such a reaction but I can't help but feel that way. I'm starting to get paranoid that the things I'm contributing are going to bother you (the latest being the Lore category which I get the impression you had already decided was a category without any "explanatory power" before you even asked me about it). I really want to be comfortable in making contributions to the wiki without worrying about it making someone else unhappy. Is what I've been contributing harming the wiki, and do you genuinely want me to stop adding some of the content that I've been adding? Until I understand your stance on this I'm still going to a feel paranoid and I think it's obvious that that is an undesirable way to be. I don't have a problem explaining my reasoning behind doing something (I should have a reason to back my actions up and if I don't, I probably shouldn't have done it) but I don't really appreciate assumptions/requests being made about the things I do/add without me being given an opportunity to explain myself beforehand. For example, if I went to the effort of uploading a certain image, then I more than likely thought it was worthwhile to be put on the wiki. Surely it would be polite to first ask why I thought this was the case before assuming it objectively wasn't necessary to have the image? I'd like to point out my message about the infoboxes a few weeks back where I asked you why you'd reverted edits I'd made to it. Even though originally I prefered my version of the infobox, I didn't ask you to revert it back before I asked for your perspective. You then replied with your point of view and I completely understood where you were coming from and even agreed with you. I feel like this is a good example of how discourse should be carried out on the wiki.

I'm just trying my best to improve the wiki ResistanZ, and I really regret that there seems to be hard feelings between us. I think the wikia can benefit from us being on good terms with each other which includes being able to voice our opinions about eachothers edits without it sounding like we're being demanding/belittling etc. If there is anything in addition to what you've said already that you have a problem with, I think this is the best opportunity to discuss it. I would really like some sort of resolution to this so that we no longer have any of these sort of 'arguments'. Thanks for reading this.