Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36677645-20200114234419/@comment-29605676-20200116013231

Hi Trespassers,

First, I am sorry you feel the discussion process was curtailed before you and possibly others had a chance to have their say. I honestly believe this was not the intention of any of the admins, but I would also respectfully point out that there was only a single 'against' vote with ~43 approving when the rules were adopted.

I can only speak for myself on this, but when I read the new rules proposed by Powerup, I personally didn't find anything to object to, apart from very minor edits. However, perhaps I should have paid closer attention.

I respect your opinion about not restricting the editing of older content. However, there have been some cases since I became an admin where old 'good' data has either been changed to 'bad' data or it has been deleted. Allowing admins to limit, stop or control this was my personal reason for accepting this part of the rule changes.

Regarding categories, in my view the restriction of categories makes sense as unorganised or indiscriminate use can cause issues (based on our site - not wiki). I am not saying categories are or have ever been an issue for the wiki, but to me it seemed sensible to allow some control. However, I respect your differing opinion.

Lastly, I would like to say that I, like you I suppose, am only trying to do what I believe is best for the wiki, which I have little doubt is also the case for the contributors and other admins.