Talk:Editing Guidelines/@comment-5607217-20131031075059/@comment-6042046-20131031091312

Do you want the soft truth or the hard truth? :)

Soft truth: Jemann's intentions were not to keep any loophole in place for long, or to create a loophole with the faux-truncation code at all; the code was an immediate solution to pressing problems, and the loophole was an unintended side effect. The faux-truncation remained in place for months simply because we didn't have the resources (time, energy, motivation, etc.) to permanently fix things.

You view the new 250 character policy as a widespread punishment, but please consider other perspectives. For many of the readers, they're not affected at all; they were either technologically blocked (mobile mode) or unknowing/unwilling to use the editor screen loophole. For some of them, the addition of a synopsis system is welcome because now they'll get to see more of the game here than before. Some people flat out don't care either way as long as the wiki retains info on how to get a Tiny Cave Fish to a Rubbery Man (or any other of the miscellaneous quest objectives). Don't let the new policy bring you down.

Hard truth: Er, so your forum post was the last straw to break the camel's back, but to be totally fair, that only means many other straws had fallen on its back first. (Maybe I should have chosen a different metaphor for the non-native English readers...) FBG had been confronted with the matter of the truncation loophole for a while and by several people. This doesn't mean that those people had anti-wiki sentiments; the loophole was brought up publicly every now and then to help others to enjoy the wiki further. Regardless, something can only be pushed so far, right?

The wiki was standing on unsteady ground. Now its footing is far more safe. There were issues that the Admins weren't aware of till FBG informed us; it helped the wiki in the long run to learn of these hidden issues. That discussion probably wouldn't have happened if the status quo was in place; in a way, your pushing Alexis to speak to the Admins assisted the wiki. Don't think that it was a situation of FBG versus Wikia FL, either. They've supported the wiki in the past and they support us now. Never forget that.

If you're wondering why none of the Admins made a similar post on the official FBG forum, it's because certain technical kinks and questions remain. A lot of the templates have been drastically altered, so the wiki is still heavily in a test phase. I also don't want to post information on the FBG forum one day only for it to be outdated and misquoted by the next day.