User blog:NinjaNia/A Problem Facing This Wiki

Let me guess: You're thinking this is another "Declaration of Wikipendence"or another rant blog about users doing something wrong and how we need to fix it and I'm not giving chances and anyone who doesn't give me my way will be blocked, banned, and demoted. Okay, maybe I went a bit too far on that last one but you get the point.

Recently, I PMed with a user we can call "Bob". We have been discussing a recent loophole users have been using with OCs.

This loophole could be described as making a new character with a completely different character form. Bob expressed their feelings about this issue to me and we both can agree that this loophole should not be used for confusion and efficiency purposes. Also, using this is very irresponsible, as it is making a BRAND NEW OC without a form and that is against policies.

Why? Well, it might save the time to make a brand new OC. But, this loophole can only lead to confusions.

Recently, a user we can call "Dave" made a new OC page. Dave's OC was completely changed from the forum and this admin thought that this was a brand-new OC and deleted the page. This misunderstanding was sorted out, but you get the point.

Yes, I see the problem can be avoided if one links to the forum in the edit summary or the article's comments, but, when anyone clicks the forum, it is a completely different OC.

Two solutions of this problem:
 * Just create a new OC. It's not that hard. Most of our admins are very active. It doesn't take long either.
 * Create the OC like you would/with the FC changed or something, and then start from there. For example:
 * Elena Dawson's FC went from Taylor Swift to Melissa Benoist, then her name changed to Elena Holton, then to Adelaide Holton within a period of time lasting several weeks. With this technique which two of your admins have used so this technique is pretty epic, you can only have to make one character form and users on here can keep up with the changes, knowing that Point A goes to Point B and then ended up and Point C instead of seeing Point A - Point C.
 * Or, you can keep something similar. Definitely keep the FC, since not all of us are familiar with your pop culture references, but also a last name or first name.

Thank you for reading my lengthy blog.