Board Thread:Wiki Management/@comment-27150398-20180127073403

Over the last month, I’ve seen numerous users raise concerns about this wiki’s Discord server and after having a fairly large number of users raise their concerns on Chat, I’ve decided to make another thread on it.

While the Discord server may offer a number of benefits such as the creation of numerous channels and the option to play games while talking with your friends there are a number of flaws with it. One of the biggest concerns raised was the lack of control over the server, from what I’ve heard users cannot be completely blocked from the Discord and can only be restricted on what they can do on it which has made it harder to deal with trolls and more challenging users. Another issue that I’ve had mentioned to me mutiple times is the debates that go on in the server. I’ve been told a lot of the users particularly the newer ones can be quite aggressive when debating with each other which has put off a lot of users from using the Discord channels and ultimately ruined their experience of it.

After these concerns were raised to me a number of users suggested that the Discord server should be shut down but as this would be quite a major decision I thought it would be inappropriate for me and Ari to just shut it down without consulting the wider community first. If the server is shut down and the Discord community started using the chat to communicate, it would be more easier for any challenging users to be dealt with due to all the different types of Staff members available to deal with these issues. For anyone thinking that the Chat is really old fashioned and dosen’t have the option of creating mutiple channels, I’ve brought forward some Chat addons including Group PM’s and an ‘is typing’ to Ari that were previously suggested to me and he’s currently checking through them however he has hasn’t confirmed yet if these features will be added to wiki so I can’t promise anything.

With all this said here’s the poll, if you have more suggestions on what should be done about the Discord or wish to discuss the issue in more depth, please do so down below.

Do you think that the Discord server should be taken down? Yes No  