User blog:Tanglefrost/Regarding the Recent Drama + New Chat Rules

Okay, all, I regret to inform you that I have to put in my Crabby B'Crat Hat and lay down the law about this recent drama that has plagued this once pure and innocent Wiki.

There's been some serious gross behaviour from a lot of people, particularly regarding the Yyaku sock drama. This website has become incredibly cliquey to the point where it disrupts the harmony of chat, and even seeps out to dampen our Fanon Wiki Awards. I think I speak for not just the admins but the Wiki in general, when I say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Seriously.... I am dead tired of coming onto chat/checking my Facebook messages (and thank God I created an ORG account is all I'll say, yeesh), and seeing people jumping up and down with '''NEW EVIDENCE!!!! '''that Yyaku has 90347458 socks on the Wiki, having people complain about something, or coming onto chat and immediately getting DM'd about stuff. Yeah, some stuff is a little bit peculiar but I honestly think this is just latching onto the tiniest thing and blowing it out of proportion. And the clique behaviour both on chats and in Fanon Awards is really gross and has to stop. 99% of us are 16+ (there's a few I'm aware of who are under that age), and I'd like to think that that would be reasonably old enough/mature enough to be civil even towards people you don't like. I'm well aware that we all have meltdowns/tantrums at points (this guy right here has had a lot of them), but don't drag it out for days and repeat it '''every. single. time. '''someone comes on chat. It just becomes tiring for all involved, especially myself and Uke, who have had to deal with a lot of the drama on FB/Discord/whatever other platform you guys can find us on.

This site used to be really fucking fun, and at the end of the day, I adore writing here. I adore reading your fanons, I adore talking to all y'all, and it saddens me that this has devolved into some highschool cliquey bullshit and with that, I am laying down some laws.

Regarding the Yyaku Sock Drama
There is to be NO MORE discussion about this. Period. Not on chat, not in PM's to me, nothing. I'm sick of it, we're not talking about it anymore.

As far as I'm concerned, Yyaku has been known to sock. No one (not even he) denies that. BUT, there is absolutely no way that any of the so-called "socks" of Yyaku are socks, and I have evidence of this.
 * I have seen Rik's personal Instagram account.
 * I have Aathirsty (an accused sock of Rik) as a friend on Facebook. Their locations are different.
 * DreamFortress (an accused sock of Rik) knows about a lot of FB ORG people that Rik has shown no evidence of knowing.
 * Winkysmiles is not a sock of Rik, this has been proven. This is in fact an account belonging to another user.

Regarding Yyaku promoting DreamFortress- I spoke to him, he claims that he promoted Dream to chatmod because Dream was repeatedly getting banned from chat.

I know there are a few suspicious circumstances that have popped up, such as Aathirsty and Yyaku making the same edits on pages, finding old photos from years ago, whatever. At this point I'm truly beyond caring. I think, as I said, that a few of you like to take small things and blow them out of proportion because of personal dislike of Yyaku, and likewise Yyaku might blow things out of proportion due to personal grudges of others. Everyone has a habit of doing this, even me. But I am telling you all here and now, Yyaku/Aathirsty and others have bent over backwards to prove they are not socks- Yyaku in particular- and he really should not have had to do all that.

Regarding Yyaku's adminship- This was stripped a couple of weeks ago (I think- honestly hard to tell with new drama every day) for a number of reasons. Yyaku has been valuable to this Wiki as a coder, and I think he has proven beyond doubt he is not a sock of those he has been accused of (at least my personal views). There will be a discussion among the admin team as to whether or not this is reinstated. Note that it is at THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE ADMIN TEAM as to whether this happens or not, and we will not tolerate any drama/bitching that arises from the decision one way or the other. People on both sides are welcome to have civil discussions with us (note civil, note what this means, look it up) to state your points, but once the decision is made, there is to be no drama.

Regarding the Cliques
It's natural that certain people gravitate towards others. I am close with Uke and Tozza in particular; I know Uke and Matt are very good friends, I know Hudson, Rob and Zee are pretty close, as are Aaron, Rik, and Sky... that's natural. Friendships are normal. What isn't normal is the cliquey behaviour this has devolved into.

On chat, when drama arises, it is very clearly one side against the other and very cliquey. When drama erupts, the same people defend the same people; it even seemed the Fanon Awards were quite cliquey this year, with friends nominating friends and so forth. This is really disappointing, and draining. It has even gotten to the point where people have talked to me saying they have deliberately avoided chat to get away from drama. Come on. Seriously. Chat is meant to be fun and it will not be run down by cliques, thank you very much. This cliquey behaviour has got to stop and I will be patrolling chat to ensure it does. This brings me to my next point, new chat rules that will be enforced to all, chatmods and admins included. Just because you have a little power doesn't mean you're exempt from rules.

Chat Drama/Civility
For the love of God, the drama on the chat lately has been absurd. The majority of you are 16+. Surely that is old enough to be civil, even with people you dislike. There are people I can't stand IRL, but I know how to be civil with them, and I'm sure this is the same for a lot of you, too. It shouldn't be any different. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect, you have no right to attack people. You are more than welcome to have   civil discussions regarding disagreements in the public chat, but the second they get too aggressive you will be asked to tone down. Don't display drama in the public chat for everyone to see, don't bombard new people on the chat with PM's the second they walk in. If things get out of hand (and I mean truly out of hand) by all means PM us (or reach me on FB/Discord if you have it and I'm not on) and we'll deal accordingly, but anyone (and I mean anyone, chat mods and admins included), who disrupt the peace and harmony of chat will be promptly banned, and if this continues while they are in a position of power, they will be stripped of said position.

Honestly, be a little more mature please. We're all here to have fun at the end of the day.

That's all I have to say for now. Questions below, please, and if I've missed anything of vital importance please let me know and I'll address it, but this drama and pettiness on chat stops and it stops now or there will be consequences. You have been warned.