User blog:Toa Roden/The Controversial Subject of Blogs

Okay, I'll cut right to the quick. Unless you've been hiding in the sewers for the past month or so, you've noticed that there's been some anxiety about the fact that blogs seem to be turning this site into a "social networking site", instead of a site for well-written, interesting fanon Bionicle creations.

I've created this blog post about my personal views on the matter, which I hope will be shared by many of you.

So what, then, is the problem? The problem is that there seems to be too much time spent on blogs and blog comments, rather than editing mainspace pages, the pages which are the life and breath of Custom Bionicle Wiki.

Blogs are, as we've seen, a source of great potential. Without blogs, most of the excellent MOCs, new updates to stories, and contests would go unnoticed. But they need to be controlled, or they can be destructive, as we've also seen.

Therefore, I propose that the "powers that be" of this wiki introduce a Blog Policy to the Site Rules, in order to ensure that any and all blogs and blog comments created are beneficial and useful. This policy would have to be enforced, and enforced severely, but I believe that the end result would be beneficial to everyone, and the wiki in general.

There has also been some talk of disabling the blog feature on this site. This would be a unwise plan to carry out, in my personal opinion, as blogs are a very effective means of communicating with the community in general, and it is always wiser to attempt to control something rather than destroy it, which could possibly result in a community split. Needless to say, a community split is not something we want to happen, especially when Bionicle-related wikis are declining in activity.

I ask you, the community of Custom Bionicle Wiki, to please give me your views on this matter.

Sincerely, Toa  Roden