Board Thread:Wiki - Running & Policies/@comment-27028407-20170919201552

You're probably wondering - where's the Discord server gone?

For those who have no idea what's going on, the Discord server is a server integrated to this Wikia, that was created by an admin on this Wikia, and the entrance invite used to be on the right, until I removed it. The server is not closed until a consensus is reached, however.

For those who have never joined the Discord server, you are probably the smart ones. For those who HAVE, you will know that the Discord server has, well, not exactly been harmoneous.

The fact is, there are far fewer rules on the Discord server, and by that I mean, there's not really any rules at all. On this Wikia we have a policy that what that occurs off-Wikia stays off-Wikia. Because of this protection and lack of rules, you must think a lot of bullying and drama occurs there.

And you'd be very right in that approximation.

In my few weeks I've been on that server, the amount of bullying and power abuse I've seen on this server has been disgraceful. It is getting to the point where I can no longer abide by the Off-Wikia policy, simply because this Discord server is affiliated with the Wikia, and has all the same people. How can we get along as a community HERE if we're all off murdering each other on the Discord server?

I won't go into all the incidents I've seen and been involved with, but let it be known almost all interactions on this server have been negative. The amount of power abuse on this server is INSANE, and I've been the victim of this on countless occasions. I was starting to write out every time I've been a victim of power abuse on that server, but the paragraph got so long I didn't want to bore you with the gory details.

The straw that broke the camel's back, however, is when some of my personal information was outed by the owner of the server, who has total power that cannot be bypassed, and he changed not just my permissions, but EVERYONE's permissions so that only he could delete messages - just so I couldn't delete the outing of my personal information. He also made the bold move of pinning my personal information to the server channel. I found this little stunt to be unforgiveable.

And I know I haven't been perfect on this server either. I'm guilty of a few things, but aren't we all at least a little guilty on a server with NO RULES?

My point is, whilst it may seem fun to have a place with no rules and separate from the Wikia, it has been HEAVILY abused. As a result, I desire to make a new Discord server myself to replace the current one - one that has FEWER rules, but still HAS rules to prevent all-out anarchy. In my server, I aim for power abuse to be dealt with SEVERELY, rather than almost being ENDORSED by the owner of the server. But with Discord, there is literally NOTHING you can do to dethrone the owner - and if they're the ones abusing the power - the server just cannot work at all.

I sincerely apologise to the 3+ established users here who had such a bad experience on the server that you quit or contemplated quitting the Wikia as a whole. This was never the intention of the server, and I'm sorry you had such a nasty experience.

This needs to stop. As a result, I am calling the closure of the current server, for a new one created by me.

Lefty8899 (talk) 20:15, September 19, 2017 (UTC) 