Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-7091122-20161030211121

'THIS IS NOT A VOTE. THIS IS A DISCUSSION. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON SQUAT HERE. ALL COMMENTS THAT ONLY EXIST TO SPARK FLAME WARS WILL BE REMOVED.'

Since Discord is already a landmine of a topic here, I feel the need to mention this in the trademarked ALL CAPS BOLD AND ITALLIC LETTERS that you use to get people's attention online because you can't scream.

I'm sorry, but the "unofficial" excuse for Discord is growing INCREDIBLY confusing, and there are heavy inconsistencies with it.


 * We can vote to delete the Discord chat as we know it on the wiki, despite it's unofficial rank.
 * Jack5Ninja has the full ability to shut down the Discord chat as we know it officially in case a vote like that succeeded. Why would he be given that power if it was unofficial?
 * We can also vote to delete the Lawn in favor of Discord, but that is also opposed because Discord is unofficial. Can't rid Discord, but can't rid the Lawn, for the same reasons? Why?
 * A report thread for SnappyDragon was made, and he was demoted on the Discord, but not on the Wiki Chat itself. If it's unofficial, how was he able to have this split?
 * Various votes or discussions related to "official" wiki content, be it a user's staff positions or removing the Lawn "official" chat, have been decided by the Discord being "unofficial". Again, if it's unofficial, how come it's allowed to have impact on voting for "official" stuff?
 * Several users have quit or gone inactive because of Discord drama. Despite this, this is shrugged off because it's "unofficial." However, when drama occurred in the Lawn chat, it was given full attention. Since both of them are chats, why are they given such differing treatment?
 * Heck, it's only sometimes it gets ignored. Why? Sometimes it gets noticed, like with Specialedition12, where once having a Discord-related outburst, he was hit with a warning. If it's okay to shrug it off because it's "unofficial", why was Specialedition12 given such (ahem) special treatment here?

Seriously, we're going to have to do something about this. Discord being "unofficial" isn't going to cut it when there are glaring inconsistencies with what can/can't be done by official Wiki staff on account of the Discord's "unofficial" status. 