User blog comment:AWikiObserver334/A Word to the Administrators/@comment-1044705-20140425160257

As a long-time user on Halo Fanon, I have been very happy to be part of a wiki that not only sets the bar high on canon friendliness and writing quality, but also comes together well as a community. And I think that over the last few years, the way in which the veteran Halo Fanon users treat its newer additions has improved drastically in comparison to its questionably loose policies on civility in the early days. Do I think that's good enough? In all honesty, no. The community was quite volatile in the 2007/2008 era that it's really nothing to brag about to say that the users have matured and the ones that haven't are no longer active. I have always believed that there is plenty of room for improvement, and as you pointed out, the way in which we resolve writing issues from new users is one of them.

Personally, I find NCF-tagging to be distasteful but necessary, which is why I've pretty much left it to other administrators and users to deal with. And as I realized recently, I could have done more. It's been bothering me on a recurring basis that we do too many explanations on why a user's article is NCF and not enough of helping them more as we are fully capable of, or even dropping by to leave a tidbit of encouragement that could help push them forward a long way. Which is why I recently proposed the establishment of a review board that will aim to fully and extensively detail their thoughts and/or concerns on articles, and hopefully leave a few positive comments here and there. While it's not a complete solution to the problem, I think it will make great progress towards it. The rest will be up to us to improve the ways in which we address issues in a new user's writing.

On a final note, I will be honest about this. I am 99% certain that you are a Halo Fanon user who goes by another name, and created this account to post this blog. Whether or not you are aware of our policies regarding sockpuppetting, I do recognize that there is no ill intent in your actions and surmise that perhaps you are intimidated at the prospect of posting it under your own name. If that is the case, you have my word as bureaucrat of Halo Fanon that there will be no repercussions made against you if you tell us who you are. Halo Fanon is meant to be a wiki where the opinions of its users matter, and I would think that many of us would be embarrassed to think that we've intimidated users into giving their opinions in anonymity.