User blog:Bond em7/Rules...*sigh*

So, I'm just feeling a little frustrated right now. I know that rules and such are important, but sometimes I think we lose sight of the purpose of this wiki. The purpose is mainly to have fun. We have fun through roleplaying, here on this wiki. Wiches and Wizards. Going to classes, doing homework, getting into trouble. We're even adding a ministry of magic and a group to fight/cause trouble for the ministry all so we can enjoy being here and add to our excitement and fun. The reason that I'm frustrated right now is that my fun is being cramped by the rules. Now, don't get me wrong, I know rules are important and have their place. We need rules to keep order, and make it fun for everyone, since sometimes people's fun clash, and don't get along. We have to enforce Gmodding, so people's fun doesn't get stepped on by other people. And I'm the biggest enforcer in the world of keeping everything on this site PG rated, and anything above that WILL meet with my wrath, because this site is for everyone, ages 13 and up, so we have to make sure it's clean. No, what rules bother me are rules that seem sort of unnecessary,a dn don't seem to serve much of a purpose to me other than to cramp fun. For example, I understand we have to be active on the site, otherwise things would fall apart. I know I do a lot on the site, and though I think things might fall apart a bit if I left, I would hope someone might pick up the slack a little, the way Echostar did last time I took a break. It just seems extreme to me to have so many rules, it drowns out the fun. I don't want anarchy, and I know we need rules, I just sometimes get sad that so many are necessary, and people can't just get along. I always believe in the best in people, and in giving second chances. I'm not a huge fan of third chances, but I have on occasion been known to give those too. I guess I'll stop beating around the bush and just get to the point. I obviously was upset about Zan's demotion. I thought it was unfair, and no warning was given etc. I think the right thing to do is give him a second chance and make sure he knows if he'll be away, or inactive to let one of the other B-crats know. Still, if the majority of the wiki and other B-crats think he should be demoted, I won't go against them. We have more than one person in charge for a reason...we have different perspectives, and I know that I can be wrong, and I'm probably not seeing this as clearly as some, which is why I'll bow out of the issue, and let coolder heads make the decision. I guess what frustrates me is now we are voting on a policy so it's clear exactly how we can demote people. When I thnk about it, I actually laugh, because it seems so silly to me. Why are we demoting people at all for reasons other that vandalism, Rated R content, etc? Are they hurting the wiki by being inactive? Yes...in a way, but demoting them won't make heal that wound and make up what they would have been doing by being inactive. Exactly the opposite, demoting them probably makes them question why their here, since their fun is being squashed. I think instead of demotion, another punishment should be thought of...like they need to edit everyday for a week. That would help them make up the lost time. I know we can't really enforce that, but I know the majority of the admin team on the wiki would realize they've been inactive and want to make it up. The other rule/structure thing that's currently squashing my fun is admin meetings. The first one was very important, and though I missed the second one, I'm sure important things were decided there as well. Maybe a transcript will find it's way into a blog post so I can check. I sat in on a department meeting, and a lot of important things were decided, that will at least make that department's job easier, and hopefully improve the wiki. I guess I'm just not used to working with so many people that we have to have these meeting that last a couple hours. Until the merge, I was prettymuch in charge, with Echo as my 2nd in command, and when a user or admin had a good idea, they would tell us, the two of us would chat about it and try to smooth out the flaws, and then go implement it. I know there's probably too much and too many people to do that now, so I guess I'm just lamenting the days when things were easier, and didn't require an approval board to implement ideas. I honestly can't see another way of doing it. Anyway, I'm going to stop whining now, and get on with my wiki gnoming, and go set up a meeting for my department, make sure I'm not inactive, cross all my T's and dot all my I's (and no, that capital I doesn't have a dot, but it looked wierd with a lower case I there), because as much as I'm frustrated right now, I don't want to quit. I thought about it, dropping off the B-crat and admin teams, and going back to being a regular user in protest over Zan's demotion, but after thinking about it I realized I still have a lot of fun here, reguardless of my frustrations. I hope people have fun roleplaying with me, and enjoy the ideas and things I do around here. ...and after considering it, I realized me doing that would squash the fun of even more people, and I don't want to do that. When I leave or demote myself, it will be because either this wiki has enough people doing fun things that I'm no longer needed, or if I'm asked to for some other reason. Until then I guess your stuck with me, and you'll have fun here, even if I have to beat you over the head with a fun stick.