Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5942519-20141027224921

http://www.micronationhistory.info/?p=6540

The above article came to my attention recently, it is referring to the controversial discussion which may be found here: http://micronations.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:97018.

I don't agree with some points made in the article by Mr. Sinclair. But there is one strong main point: admins asked for change, and then said no to change. The best argument made by Sinclair is: "''A number of contributors also noted that the administration of the community is unfriendly and difficult to work with, often closing discussions without any explanation to the membership. The administration proceeded to demonstrate some truth to the accusation during the discussion. Despite being approached by Andrew to share their opinions on how to revitalise the community, Andrew and fellow administrator “Deutschlandkaiser” proceeded to show a general unwillingness to actually effect any change based on the feedback provided by the membership." ''The very point of having admins is to assist users and improve their experience on this wiki, and where necessary make changes when users feel this is necessary. I also agree with users who said that strict rules enforced by admins have led to the departure of many users. Admins, you gave us an opportunity to voice our opinions, then you dismissed them! This is not the right way to conduct the administration of the wiki. I have had enough of admins acting in a controlling fashion, closing discussions simply because they can.

I disagree with two points in the article, and consequently I agree with the admins on two issues. Firstly, declarations of war should not be tolerated on this wiki, and this policy should be continued. The only valid micronational wars are physical ones which have actually taken place, and these are very rare indeed. Secondly, there should be no fantasy nations on the wiki. It simply makes no sense. MIcronations exist physically, whereas fantasy nations don't. It's fairly simple, I don't understand why people think otherwise. I also believe that Micras does not count as micronational, Micras is instead an outlet for cybernations. Cybernations have their own wiki, we micronationalists have this wiki, and that's the way it should stay.

I do look forward to further discussion on this thread, it is desperately needed. I have not put all my views and opinions on this post, but as discussion progresses I will address necessary topics as they are brought up by users.

Please comment below! 