Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36677645-20200114234419/@comment-36677645-20200119005215

SlatBH, thank you very much for clarification.

First of all, I urge admins to reinstate the voting in accordance to initially given term and cancel the changes to the existing rules. Please stick to the conditions you have set.

SlatBH wrote: ...there have been some cases ... 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. That's pretty cool. Various powerful tools are in your hands, viable time-tested methodology is at your disposal, but you have chosen a prohibition. Well, let's imagine the way things develop.
 * Conscious vandalism and bad faith edits will remain: these people do not respect any rules.
 * Those who strictly adhere to the rules will cease to contribute to the "old" articles.
 * In between there are people, willing to help Wiki a little, but not worried about formalities too much. They will get the full treatment: unconditional reverting, friendly message about unwanted edit and the prospect of a ban. I'd be quite demotivated: "I found mistaken rewards, but these admins obviously do not care about is an article correct or not!"

It should be noted in addition, experienced editors hardly check the old series unlike newcomers with low progress, unless Powerup777 will start from the scratch for the third time.

As a result, errors in the old articles will remain forever. As a result the involvement of contributors will inevitably decrease.

On the other hand, there has to be some benefits of the changes, but I don't see any. I see only potential degradation of the Wiki, but 84% who have approved the changes can not be wrong, right?

T.W.