User blog:BachLynn23/Friends, Wikians, Demigods, lend me your ears

 

Friends, I think that is an apt description, I feel at this juncture I have known you long enough, to call you that. We have had a long road, pioneering our way through many ups and downs of our role play wiki. Some reading this blog, may not not have been here long, or know me as well as others, but I like to believe that the community we have created here, is one that welcomes new users into our fold with open arms. So even to you, I say "friend".

If you venture out into the world of Wiki's, you'll often see many role play wikis, fallen by the way side, scattered here and there, with no real purpose, drive or community to keep them active. Some role play wikis have survived, yet with small closed off communities, and little day to day activity. Our wiki is something to take pride in, we have survived months, surpassing many other wikis, we have gained so much activity on a daily basis, that wiki staff has placed an additional advertisement on our main page, something they only do with very active wikis.

Despite, the many strides we have made, I still can't help but feel that our wiki is still very fragile. I fear that events in the last month may have disheartened a good portion of our user base that we rely so heavily upon, for it is the user base that is our wiki's life blood, for without you the user, this wiki is nothing. I know some users in the past have commented on how much work I myself put into this wiki, and question where it would be without me, but my hard work in keeping this wiki organised and running, would be NOTHING without you the users active participation. Nothing that flame, ghost or myself do for this wiki, would be anything at all, without you the user, no pages to organise, no claims to answer, no rules to enforce, no new activities to create.

This wiki can only be as strong as our least active participant, I know on past occasions users have feared, heard rumour of, or felt like our wiki is dying. I stand before you now, and say, only that which we allow to die, can be killed. Users follow by example, if you fear the wiki is becoming inactive, there is a very simple solution, instead of worrying, instead of idle chatter, stand up, and simply do your best to be active. I know that recently a few users have left, some may have even spread some discontent amidst the users, but I implore you, to also look around, and think not just of the few users we have lost in the last few weeks, but think of all the users we have not only gained, but who have come back from having previously left. They came back for a reason, not because this is just some random place to role play, but because what we have built here surpasses that, we have built a community, we have come together, across various cultures, time zones, and ages and become something that is not frequently seen anywhere else on wiki. We genuinely care for each other. When one of us is sad, we are all sad, when one of us feels pain, we all feel pain, when one of us experiences loss, we all experience loss.

I know, sometimes life can be overwhelming, believe me I know, but I stand here, amongst you, imploring you, to try and remember that we are stronger together, than we are apart. I ask that you stand with me, so that together, as a community, we can pull through tough times, that we can breathe new life, and keep this wiki not only alive, but on a constant path of discovery, of new things, new ideas, new friends.

I know that CTF for some of you has maybe been a bit confusing, but until we have run through this test, there is no way to know how or what to alter. My best friend has put not only days and weeks into this project, but months of his spare time. It is not just about a project he wants to see to fruition, but the fact that it is also meant to bring us closer together as an active community, a new way for us to role play our characters, interact with users, but without active participation and feed back, his hard work is for naught. Remember, every event we have here, every mile stone we surpass, every week this wiki continues to exist, we are creating, we are building, we are growing together for the good of everyone.

Some of you may be reading this, and are still not clear of my intentions behind this blog, I would use an American sports euphemism, but with such a vast diversity of cultures and nationalities, I fear the meaning would be lost, so instead I leave you with these quotes:

''“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”''

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.” 

Here on this wiki, your imagination and passion for creativity is what keeps it alive, what drives it. Every day we meet together on this wiki, as friends, we come together and we build a world, where we not only allow our imaginations to sore, but where we come together as a community, and sore together.

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