Thread:QuickNick/@comment-28531527-20181012202403/@comment-28531527-20181013160923

Thank you for this long and insightful explanation! I'm not guy of many words, but I'll try to give you some answers:

You've written on Michael's wall about the Upgrade Strategy not being edited much after Sirebel left (I think Michael answered that already) and to add a link to the each car's events table on the car's page in (at the bottom of) the Availability section. Quote from Michael: 'Yes, it would be easier for racers to find the event data for each car from the car article, feel free to add the line at the bottom of the availability section'. Only thing he did was reword the line and on which I commented that I'd think the rewording was more consistent to the rest of the Wiki (this was my personal opinion, I do not link 'click here' on pages).

Using scripts to generate Wiki content is very handy (we do it ourselves whenever there is a new update). Changes on the Wiki (like the Sales template) are for the benefit of the Wiki and consistency. You've had a long discussion off-Wiki with Michael about this I believe (I do not know the details). If the changes break (your) scripts it's not something that is considered on forehand, but is also not something that should stop the changes.

If you think you need to change things on the Wiki because they are wrong (from your point of view) and someone does not listen, why do you feel the urge pushing the changes through? It triggers reverts of edits without explanation. The comment Michael deleted was not because he does not think you are right or wrong or because it 'doesn't fit in with you trying to paint me as unreasonable', he removed the comment because of the header and the name calling. The header was: 'Why are you being such a dick' and the last word of the comment was also dick. Because of this comment you got the 1 week ban (as I clearly stated in my first comment, you cannot start calling names). We've extended your ban to 1 month after your rant with continuous name calling. We did not remove these comments (replaced them with the swearing icon) because we did not want to remove the reason why the ban was extended.

If I'm wrong, I'll always admit that I wrong. I hate lying and I hate it when people twist words just so they don't have to admit they are wrong (to be very clear: This is general speech and not pointing at you!). I know Michael has your spreadsheet and I've asked him to share it, but he refuses. He gave his word to you and he's not breaking it.

A ban on the Wiki is not something we do lightly. There are several individuals who got a ban, but not after numerous warnings. This is not our Wiki nor is it yours. This is not a playground where everybody can do as they please not even Michael. The Wiki is for everybody. That is why there is no mandatory registration. The only restriction we put in place some time ago is you need to be registered to edit the pages.

I value your opinion and the work you've put into the Wiki. I was not lying when I said I was glad you'd returned. You've made a lot of changes for the benefit of the Wiki (although I do not second some of them, but we've got a democratic voting system on the admin team for that). If you want to leave, I cannot stop you. If you want to talk off-wiki with me just find me on Hangouts (Amrosa can help you with that also if you don't want to ask the other admins).