User blog:Queen Misery/Heroes Wiki Clean Up

I shall be touching on a subject many won't like but in order for change to occur sometimes toes must be trodden on, I'm afraid so I apologize for stirring the pot but it has long come past the point of tolerance in terms of Heroes Wiki and I do not fault the admins there who try as best they can to keep the wiki going.

I do not blame the users of Heroes Wiki, who as a whole try to run the wiki as best they can and are following rules that have been established for years on that site.

Mostly I blame myself and former admins for not sticking with our original promise to help Heroes Wiki become more unified and get rid of the spam and trolls.. we let Heroes Wiki down.

Now is the time to right that wrong as best I can, it won't be pretty and there will be temper tantrums and "chan invasions" but these revolts will die away as we establish order.. Heroes Wiki is not a lost cause, it has a community and it really does its best.. all it needs is help to root out the childish nonsense that has tarnished it (and all wikis to be honest).

Online means people can act like children and develop a very "entitled" attitude, these are a minority but they can cause more damage online than in any other setting : they see all rules as "tyranny" and often do not want to contribute well with others.

This must end.. so I am coming up with a plan to deal with Heroes Wiki, a community watch of sorts..

NO admin can begin to defeat the tidal wave of spam that has sadly amassed in Heroes Wiki, only with many users working together to remove the spam can we dent it and show the category abusers their behavior is no longer tolerated.

I don't expect anyone to dedicate hours removing category spam from pages on Heroes Wiki but I ask anyone that wishes to help to put aside even a few minutes to simply go to Heroes Wiki, look up a page and see if you can remove a category that is out of place or downright redundant.

Even just messaging an admin about an editwar or roaring rampage of revenge by some user or giving them a link to an "abomination" category (such as "Heroes by Color")  will all help.

We don't need to go to war with Heroes Wiki, we can't bulldoze the trolls out while crushing innocent contributors in the process.. we must, in an ironic twist, provide Heroes with some help.. after all.. what are Villains without Heroes?