User blog comment:Ildsjel/An Open Letter/@comment-14365624-20190817170646/@comment-27612891-20190817194857


 * This is also going to be an unpopular opinion, but Taylor Swift says it best: "I'm sorry, but the Old DARP can't come to the phone anymore. Why? Oh, because she's dead!" We keep looking back with rose-colored glasses at the past DARP as if it were the pinnacle of the wiki, but in reality, most of the issues detailed in this blog and in your comment have always existed. I myself didn't feel welcome for the first few months I joined DARP in 2013 because I didn't know anyone. It's not until I cemented my place on the wiki by constantly being on chat and roleplaying with popular users that I truly became a part of the in-crowd. Brocky and Oli joined the wikia in 2014 and were ignored for quite awhile themselves, before finally feeling as if they were accepted by the community. It really derails the conversation of how we can move forward when we're always looking back at a reality that can never be again. We can certainly work to have the activity that we used to have, but I honestly don't think we'll ever go back to a DARP similar to the one I joined.


 * I feel like lately, it's hard not to feel resentful by everyone else on DARP. And that often leads to lashing out in a petty manner. And I admit, I'm guilty of it too. But it's really hard to not feel resentful when it seems like your hard work is being discredited. Honestly, I can see that some of Jaye's solutions aren't that bad, and would be beneficial to the wikia. I even referenced this view in my own comment. But it's really frustrating as a member of the admin team when it's being implied that we're doing nothing to keep the wikia alive when some of us were working 64 hours a week and still trying to best to keep up with wikia. It’s really frustrating when it seems you can’t even disagree without being written off as “petty”.