Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5035900-20160629073556/@comment-5714457-20160629183248

Forwarding this because I agree with you wholeheartedly, in fact it's one of the biggest problems in this wiki today, if not THE biggest problem. It's what really catches attention and the only thing people seem to be interested in doing these days, and constructive criticism being a necessary part of the wiki is not up for debate nor is it the thing that should turn people off. And no, "constructive criticism is WHAT I was doing!" is no longer a valid excuse, namely if the "constructive critism" in question is vulgar. There's a big difference between being constructively critical of something and being a dick, and the former is not hard at all to do compared to the latter.

And if you decide to ignore all sense of common sense to be a dick to someone... well, you're not in a position of power in that case. You can't just offhandedly neglect the consequences, because all the behaviour will end up doing is painting you out for your true colours that no-one asked for, and overall it'll just ruin your chances for future success.

And what puzzles me is that, despite all of the evidence pointing to the exact opposite being true, they still think they can get away with it. I don't get where that kind of unfettered exceptionalism is coming from with them. In a world of failed attempts to be shitsnakes, somehow they, among many others, still feel they can get away with it.

But let this post and my addition to it be a warning, as it always is - if you try something underhanded and mean-spirited, you will get found out. People aren't stupid, as much as you'd like to think that, and there's always going to be at least one person to catch wind of your behaviour and, in some cases, spread the word. It doesn't matter how crafty you assume you feel, someone will catch on eventually and you will end up having to face being confronted about it.

A chain of comments berating and degrading a user? Someone will spot it.

Making up false information to win over crowds (as we have known in some, ah, particular cases in the past)? People will dig through the records and other pages where necessary to find out you lied.

Trying to silence a person and what they're trying to say? All you're going to assure is that those silenced will yell into a louder megaphone.

Attempt to write off underhanded and degrading behaviour as "constructive criticism" or "correct"? People will call it out for the malicious behaviour that it is.

Word to the fucking wise to those shady malicious hacks: 'You. Will. Get. Caught.' You simply will, no questions asked. And if you happen to be one such person like that, who does regularly do this sort of behaviour, and thinking you got away with it? I wouldn't cash that smug smirk in just yet. Because someone will find out, then they'll likely tell an admin like me or a trusted person like Nks about it, the message will then relay to the others that are of authority on this wiki, and then we'll see how far you get then.

It's a mistake many commit to blindly, thinking that they can be crafty and mask it up to get away with it, and they pay the price for it, as many users in the past have been like. Some have lashed out at me moreso than others after having to eat up the eventual consequences that come with doing shit like that. In my eyes, the lashing out? That's merely a tantrum-based representation of the reaction someone who does underhanded things has when they're caught with their hands in the cookie jar - furious that they didn't get off the hook as they thought they would and attempt to take it out on the ones that caught them.

Don't let that person be you.

Have I been harsh in this? Has Nks been harsh in this? I don't think either of us are. Because we are the ones that simply wish to clamp down hard on this sort of underhanded behaviour, and that is nowhere near as bad as being one such perpetrator like that. And if you have a shred of self-awareness in terms of being malicious to other users, you would realise that unless you reform ASAP, you will be tightening the noose entirely around your own necks as far as being a user here is concerned. You may consider me a sheriff in this scenario - and it may apply to Nks also - but you will always be your own executioner when it comes to stuff like this.

This wiki is a place where anyone can write battles they wish to write within reason, with minimal fuss. And unless you have problems with being a nice person, let's try and keep it that way.

I mean, for fuck's sake, being a decent person being isn't that hard.