Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-189.217.47.59-20161206085118/@comment-24573226-20161207012802

They see their edits deleted and don't ask why. One important reason why its wiki policy to provide an edit summary. It is especially important when removing a contribution.

I know I felt bullied when I first came to the wiki, and having my stuff automatically undone was part of that. The wiki felt very hostile to people not already known, but I decided to fight the attitude and stick around. I was totally shocked when I was made staff. Once I was, I kinda lobbied to make the wiki a more wecolming place and everyone was pretty much on board or had already come to that conclusion themselves.

I can't say that as a community we don't still have problems with being welcoming. That includes comments and edits. My wall is full of messages from people who are unhappy I've changed their edits, and that fact by itself makes me sad. There was an anon not too long ago who accused me of being sarcastic when I responded to their comment with ~"great question, we'll get back to you." The assumption that I was not being genuine while consulting someone stings. :(

I also know that I was super proud of this wiki the day another user, a newbie whom I had to politely caution against speculation and edit warring, flipped a bit about being "threatened." So many people came to that message and talked with that person about their theory, turning it into its own discussion thread to be of support.

We're not a bad place. We have quirks, and people who need to be taken with a grain of salt for various reasons, but we're mostly good people.