User blog:Ninjinian/Thoughts by the "Neutral" Admin

I'll keep this shorter than other posts I've seen, but I feel like it's necessary for me to publicly pitch in my thoughts on the ongoing friction between a handful of users and a portion of the administration. (That has to be clarified by the way, because it's not every user, and it's not every admin). Considering I've often been labelled "the most neutral" figure in all this, it's only fair I address it head-on, because Penstubal posting ("side" 1) or EDFan posting ("side" 2) or any other user posting will only fuel the flames. Some may even say I'm not around enough (on IRC) to know what's even going on (how else do you think I manage to avoid getting involved in all this foolishness?), but I know enough to formulate a concrete opinion. So here goes nothing.

My general thought on the bickering? It's unfathomably stupid. Posts by the opposing sides won't get anyone anywhere. Nor will bickering with each other on IRC, like little kids. No amount of posting by the users who are part of the problem will solve anything; there's too many inflated egos controlling people. One user thinks they're right, the other user thinks they're right. They both expect the other to admit their faults. This instantly leaves any possibility of reconciling at stagnation. As long as the egos clash it will always be a recipe for disaster. Along with that there's no consciousness of the ego being there in the first place. It drives the person to passionately argue over a web chat about a fictional Wiki over an adminship that is treated like a real-life government when it's really not. Then once the dust all settles post-argument it's all: "We need to stop arguing!", "The Wiki's community is in turmoil!", "Why can't we just get along?!" Yeah, no wonder. It's all problems that are self-made because nobody is actively conscious of how much their egos are controlling their thought. Sounds preachy and somewhat superstitious, but it makes sense.

Secondly, of course a person (EDFan) (yes, person, not "admin", not "user") will not feel to engage in any sort of "peacemaking" discussion when every attempt is merely two groups going in circles because each side is unwilling to acknowledge or accept the other side's view. Behind all the attempts at making peace, there will always be those internal thoughts that the other side is wrong, or a dictator, or a pleb. So in reality, nothing will ever go back to normal as long as these egos aren't controlled and continue to clash.

This is the Internet. Worse things happen on it than being called a scrub or a pleb. Many of you have lived your lives day by day on this Wiki, on IRC and the Internet in general. It's about time you stop letting playground insults offend you.

Worst part about it is, this is a fictional site where nothing that happens on it affects you in real life. I find it so, so lame that people are actually arguing over a Club Penguin wiki. How old are you guys? None of this is real. Go out and get some fresh air. Face reality instead of a computer screen. It surprises me that these little issues are taken so seriously. You feel infuriated and angry at a user? Close your laptop screen, LOL.

To the users involved (Penstubal, EDFan, CK, Dave, a few others), I'd suggest take some time off the Wiki to learn to consciously become aware of when it is your ego talking. It's a natural human trait, but it can be tamed with conscious effort.

Once some of you quit the finger-pointing and get your egos in check, then we can tackle any matters involving the progression of the Wiki (most of which I think is fine how it is, again it's just sensitive egos mixed with a lack of maturity creating non-existent problems).

Nobody has to be wrong, and nobody has to be right. And while that childish cycle continues, these problems will never go away.

--  ¤   (  User page! ) (  Talk page. ) 18:19, 29 July 2017 (UTC)