Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies Wiki discussion/@comment-25648422-20160829044140

I think it's about high time that I address this.

So basically, as far as a lot of people observe, having an enemy list or user hate list is a bit of a trend for userpages. However, there is a problem with all these enemy lists on userpages. Allow me to state them down:

Firstly, enemy user lists or user hate lists in userpages are not helpful. They're not and they never were! They are just ways for users to insult other users as well as post demeaning remarks about them. We forbid harassment in this wiki but then we allow the writing of enemy user lists in order to make insulting, offensive, or demeaning remarks about them? How on earth is that balanced. I've seen an enemy user in which the owner of the userpage described a user as bipolar. Emphasis on bipolar! Is that helpful? Because I don't think it is.

Secondly, the Plants vs. Zombies Wiki is supposed to be a wiki with a friendly environment and atmosphere. But how is it friendly to write a user hate list and write demeaning remarks about a user or more? Enemy user lists are the opposite of friendly, which is hostile.

And by the way, the enemy user lists in question here are the ones where you list down specific users or specific names. If you list in your enemy lists "sockpuppets, spammers, bullies, vandals, people who have habits of mocking other people, racist users" etc. etc., then that's not really a problem since you are not specifying certain names and it's normal for us to dislike spammers, vandalizers, etc. But the REAL problem here is listing certain users in enemy lists, and then making unhelpful remarks about them.

Should something be done? Because I believe something should be done. However, I would like the inputs of the users who are willing to discuss this issue. But be warned. Any irrelevant or off-topic reply found in this thread will be removed. 