Board Thread:News on Criminal Case Wiki/@comment-24576157-20160205191927

Hi everyone.

Firstly, I would like to say thank you to every user here for their contributions, whether it is correcting a word in the dialogues, inserting pictures on to a case page, or even suggesting trivia items. Each and every edit and suggestion is helping the wiki grow stronger every day, and you are all to be commended.

Now for the serious part. The rules. I'm sure most of us have witnessed events going on between certain users (I am not saying their names) throughout the past week. The rules are supposed to be taken seriously, but this was not the case last week: A user had been trolled, had been called names, and had been bullied, even after the staff-and even the user being bullied-told them to stop. None of these users were given a warning. A fellow advisor and I had to help this user cope with the situation and tell them that they are welcome here because that is maintaining good faith in the wiki and we absolutely love that this user is suggesting things.

The wiki is not a high school, folks. This is a community where all the fans of Criminal Case get together and combine their thoughts to make the best wiki possible. But there are also limitations - rules for the community to follow to make sure that we are all getting along and everything goes smoothly. I'm sure every single one of us has gone through some sort of course involving bullying, and what I have seen here is unacceptable to me, because it is rude and it hurts.

So, I am giving you guys a refresher of the communication rules since this is where we are having trouble at.

Never disrespect, insult, or abuse any user of this wiki.

I would often tell people to respect one another's opinion because, well, it is a fact to one person, but it is not a fact to other people, making it an opinion. Sometimes, more than one person's opinions really work well together to come up with a solution to help make the community better. If I were to disagree with a person, I would say "I think it is cool that you like (insert name here), but personally (insert opinion here)." If a user is unable to do that, then the opinion should stay in their head instead of provoking said user.

No name-calling.

Last week I witnessed a user call someone a "pedophile" which does NOT mean what the person thought it meant. A pedophile is an ''adult who is sexually attracted to children. ''I highly doubt that this user's sister was an adult and had sexual feelings for this kid, making this situation inappropriate.

Do not troll or harass other users.

Long story short, to troll means to anger another user, and I'm pretty sure we have all seen this before on multiple occasions.

Lastly, Avoid gossiping about other users.

This one I saw today. And this one is very serious. If one does not know the person, I always encourage people to get to know each other instead of assuming things that the person may do or may not do. If you do not know anything about this person, then please get to know the person better rather than gossip about random things.

I am telling you guys this so that we can all help each other with respect instead of acting like children and also make the wiki a safe and fun place to be at. No one should be ashamed of suggesting a trivia item or editing something they believe fit into the page, and let me tell you, I was very disappointed when I saw the events of the last two weeks. You can have fun telling people what you know about the game, please be my guest, but please don't push it to where you hurt another person's feelings - at that point, it's not fun. Believe me, I was a victim of gossiping once back in 8th grade, and it hurt a lot.

If you have any questions or if you feel hurt please do not hesitate to go to a staff memeber's wall, a trusted editor's wall, or an advisor's wall. We are here to help you and to maintain good faith.

Thanks so much for reading, and have a good day :)

 Nessa  ♫  19:19, February 5, 2016 (UTC) 