Thread:Zelron/@comment-25173123-20140805053315/@comment-4607943-20140806162801

I have always been a strong supporter of this wiki and fully accept that the policies are there to avoid issues with copyright and prevent vandalism. However, recently I feel that things have become a little too overzealous and in attempting to improve the wiki, it has created a division between its contributors.

This wiki was created to provide people with a source of reliable and accurate data on the Dark Souls franchise. But it is also the chance to interact with fellow fans and make new friends. Whilst there are clearly people on this wiki who only wish to cause trouble, the vast majority of users care about this wiki and make the effort to improve it however they can. They put the effort in to find images, information and videos for the wiki and I can sympathise with their concern if their efforts are instantly undone. This wiki is a free resource and people put the effort in because they want to help support it, they receive no financial gain for their efforts, they just want to help.

My concern is we will begin to lose valued members of the wiki because they feel too restricted by the policies and regulations. After all, why spend so much effort contributing to this site when all your work will be undone shortly afterwards? I feel that we need to recognise the work people do for this wiki and acknowledge their efforts. If they upload images against the policy, we should make it clear that we appreciate their work, even if we then remove the images, at least they feel valued. Just undoing the edits is only going to upset people.

That's my opinion. I'm fully supportive of the policy, but I feel we need to acknowledge those who make valid contributions to the wiki.