User blog comment:Jenngra505/Another wiki changing decision./@comment-3207219-20140505003810/@comment-24796436-20140505211344

Here's another lengthy MDF response, beware. . ..

I read everything, voted no, and am mindful of such. I  actually do care about the hardcore Mugen community although I wouldn't consider myself a member. It is noteworthy that I felt that we did not have a simply "no" response, but it "is what it is". We can only make so much accomodation. I actually plan on doing a blog post later in response to the spewgen page. I think a lot of the arguments they make are weak.

Many pragmatic issues are simply being overlooked such as the fact that most other wikis don't require the download of a character to evaluate. Whether its Super Smash Brothers, Street Fighter or Mvc. . . it doesn't matter how "casual" the fan base may actually be. They have both a larger pool of players and a more consistent set of evaluations. In the world of mugen, ONE character can have several updates and only a handful of people that even downloaded it. It's a totally unfair comparison. A smaller pool of players means a smaller pool of editors. Mugen has new characters being released constantly. Anyhow I will adress my points more clearly and detailed in a blog post.

Nonetheless, I see the necessity of "hardcore" details, but I personally rather have a solid groundwork laid first. (Which we don't have). As far as that goes, no site compares to this one in attempting to do that. It's a heck of a lot easier to put the basics out there and then let that small pool of hardcore editors do the specifics. How? I don't have a firm answer. I believe there are many ways that may or may not include a separate wiki. I don't know what everyone would agree on. Whatever the solution, I would argue that even then, what we are likely to see is only the most popular characters would get this sort of attention. I don't believe for a minute that we have hundreds of potential editors waiting on hold because of a "poor layout" or lax management of the site. Just look at the relatively low participation in this comment section on what is supposedly a big issue. If they cared that much, we'd have pages of comments, and a larger audience. . . . Just my thoughts on the matter.

Summary: as stated in my older comment, breadth and depth are important. However, we cannot expend equal energy on both. Hours of work has already been contributed here. What is being asked of would require tons more of work and I honestly think we would fall short of both measures in attempting to back track. I don't see what's wrong with a more "breadth" focus. Depth is something that can always come later. I am assuming that a consistent layout is desired and too that end, I say frankly, screw the details. We will never have even a 50% article completion ratio, and that's being generous, of our articles here if we attempt to add those little details. Just open any of the popular pages we have now. Very few are complete. At least with the current approach, we have a better shot. A handful of more truly dedicated editors and the site could improve drastically.

-Just my opinion. Feel free to disagree.