Forum:Evalutation of Chat's current state

Hello CoD wiki people. I'm here to discuss something that's been on my mind for a while now, and that is the current state of the chat. As most of you know, I'm a rather laid back admin, letting rule breaks slip often...if they're by the regulars. I joke kick certain users on occassion, and I usually partake in particular discussion that is certainly not appropriate for the chat at all. My views on the status of this have changed. About a half a year ago, I would completely just say to abandon the rules and let people have fun, but now my opinion has changed. Chat is a lot like IRC, which itself isn't a bad thing. The bad thing is the fact we're too laid back, and certain behaviors are the norm, such as offensive jokes (racism, sexism, disasters and controverisal topics), talking about NSFW things (references to porn, making excessive detailed innnuendos, etc), and blatant, extreme amounts of UTP being broken. An example of such things can be seen here: 8:05 Azuris do some porn for the wiki that will get us views 8:05 YellowLucario Now we're fucking talking 8:05 N7 me and kim k sex tape and i'll write cod wiki on my ass8:05 Azuris n7 i like it 8:05 N7 i should probably point out im going out in like 15 mins and am slightly refereshed 8:06 Azuris except her ass will be in the way 8:06 YellowLucario N7 take a banner down to Havant v Preston on Monday night it's live on global TV 8:06 N7 my dad works in havant 8:06 Damac1214 Why don't we just film someone jacking off in front of a camera for ten minutes and at the end he just whispers CoD Wiki 8:06 N7 im 500lb azuris 8:06 Azuris oic 8:06 N7 im on it damac 8:06 Azuris well thats a lot of canvas 8:06 N7 NO I GOT IT DAMAC what about we film this guy jackin off and like 8:06 Azuris how about we draw a life size picture of kevin spacey on it too 8:06 N7 u think he watchin porn then it turns out he browsin cod wiki 8:07 YellowLucario HAHAHAHAHA 8:07 N7 "call of doot wiki: better than porn" yah yah yah i am lorde 8:07 Damac1214 ^ You are now away. 8:08 N7 so whats goin on in cod wiki land does it still suck This is all good between a few people in MultiPM or something, but this isn't the case. There are users who are not comfortable with such topics, and also importantly, it really, really casts out new users. A new user joins, and they see discussion about drugs/sex, and in general something that is awkward and uncomfortable to walk in on to a chat when you're a new user. Firt impressions are important, and a lot of users probably choose to rarely ever come back, if ever again. Another important thing to note is that if a user joins, and is not intimdated/creeped out by the topic, and they try joining in, they'd most likely get banned themselves. And we all know how much drama that would cause. Because our chat is so less active than it used to be, a lot of users (previously including myself) feel "the hell with the rules, the wiki is dead". To be honest, the reason some have this mindset to even some degree is the reason why the wiki is becoming less and less active, especially chat-wise. So I propose that the rules get reinstated, for the benefit of the chat. No more discussion of the above topics, and if a user, even a regular, popular user, breaks these rules, they will get kicked and banned, just like before. No more NSFW conversations, no more bashing other users, (Though I wouldn't care if it was a little joke every once in a while, e.g. jokingly calling another user something like a "loser", as long it's clear they're joking.) no more offensive jokes, and no more joke kicks. I'm not trying to sound like a no-fun bad guy here, you all know damn well that this is not something I'd usually propose. But I feel we've all taken it too far, and it's damaged our chat. I just ask for us to be more civil, and more appropriate. I don't think it's too hard, there's tons of discussion. Music, games, whatever. It's not too hard, and if it is hard, then that's how sad we are. A chat where talking about such things is normal and accpetable, and without if, there's nothing to talk about? That's pathetic in my eyes. Besides, if we don't do this soon, it'll be too late. With AW just released, we should get at least a few new users, which means this is great time to try and turn everything around for the better. Give me shit if you want, I'm just stating how I feel about this. It needed to be said.

Opinions below, as usual. 21:03, November 9, 2014 (UTC)