Thread:Utter solitude/@comment-6175354-20140909001049/@comment-4839682-20140910204308

It has been a long day for me, and I find myself exasperated that this argument is still going on, so here are the bullet points:


 * The accusation that the thread was closed because of my personal feelings needs to die now . It is completely unfounded, and I do not want to see it again.
 * The thread was shut down because of numerous complaints about its subject matter. If I had not been distracted/forgotten about it, it would have been deleted before its resurrection. To assume that since there were no complaints in the thread itself means there were no complaints about its content is incorrect. (The majority of complaints are not made publicly here on the wiki itself, they come to me through other channels. Many are not comfortable lodging a complaint about something/someone so publicly, which I think we can all understand)
 * This is a community driven site. The community has the power. When it comes to my attention that the community does not like something, be it a format, policy, or forum topic, I will take steps to correct the problem. This includes removing/closing content/threads the community does not want. This is what happened in this case.
 * For what it's worth, this community has existed for over three years, and this is the first time the community has seen fit to prompt such an action.
 * Not every rule is written, as in life, many rules of conduct are implied. Not every rule needs to be written. (Many of our written policies come from a "staff thought that was a given but _____ tells us we need to spell something out" kind of event. We can't foresee every possible issue) Do we honestly need a written policy alerting people not to discuss inappropriate subjects? I don't think we do, I think the community at large knows that some subjects are not appropriate for this site, and will be closed/removed/whatever on an as-needed basis.
 * The argument needs to stop, please. At least, not on my wall.
 * Shadows, I never said anyone was keeping me up. Please don't put words in my mouth.

This conversation is over. It is going in circles, and getting nowhere. I do not want to close this thread, but I will if I need to.