Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-2173402-20151224182218/@comment-26358727-20151224182920

Well, I think it really depends.

Firstly, what sort of wiki does the Bully Fanon Wiki strive to be? If history is important - which it appears to be, given all the journals attributed to remembering the diverse history - and the additional pages aren't bogging down wiki resources, then it might be best to leave them.

However, if these pages are sucking up resources and making the wiki difficult to manage, then some house keeping might be in order just to free up some space. If the pages haven't been touched since 2011 and the users are nowhere to be seen, then it's going on five years and I doubt there's any room for them to complain. After all, if they return after 5 years to reclaim the character pages, anyway, the first thing they'll do is revamp them entirely.

I guess it really just depends on what values the community as a whole holds the strongest. I haven't been here for half as long as most of the active community, so I'm not really sure it's my place to judge, but it's a good start to bring it up with the community.

Also, if the ultimate decision is to clear out the Abandon Characters section, it may not hurt to add some guidelines to the wiki's rule-book. Just for the future, so that people know what the procedures are for the deletion of an abandoned character. For example, if the user hasn't been active in a year, their pages may be filed into the Abandoned Character section and left for a reclaim should the user return. However, if another six months or a year passes and nothing has moved, then maybe that character becomes eligible for deletion.

It would give clear, defined guidelines and prevent subjectivity if this is the direction the pages go. After all, if some of these pages haven't been touched since 2011 and the users are inactive, there's really no arguing that things could use a little cleaning.