Thread:Love Robin/@comment-17079863-20140523212412

Hello Robin! I'm an outsider. I've been exploring this wiki ever since I stumbled upon a member of this wiki at another wiki that I frequented on. Over time, I grew more and more interested in this wiki and its concept: inserting characters into other works as a sort of "what if" scenario crossover. Today I thought about joining the community, so I looked over the rules and such. Saw things like "No TV-14 shows, no violence" no biggie. This was a kid friendly wiki. I could live with that. So afterwords, I decided to check out the community's members. When I did, I became rather confused. I saw things like Thomas the Tank Engine and My Little Pony with guns (real guns, to my suprise. Not very kid friendly at all), Family Guy, things of the such. So there are some community members that do not follow the rules. As I checked to see if they've gotten in trouble for violating the rules, I saw they recieved no warnings, no punishments, nothing. Okaaay? So then I checked out how some of the newer members were fairing and I was a little disappointed to see that some were not able to start up "adventures". Even if they posted their ideas on the forum for approval, they still couldn't start anything new merely because most existing members did not like their ideas, even if they complied with the rules. I even saw an older member pick on some newer members because he posted things that broke the rules (even though a couple of the older members did the same) or because they didn't like his ideas (in a way that implied they thought their opinion was the most important). Then I decided to check what made older members thrive in the wiki while newer members kind of shriveled up and died. What I found was a trend. Most members that are accepted by older members are those who typically stuck with popular franchises, such as My Little Pony, Thomas the Tank Engine, Barney the Dinosaur, sometimes Winnie the Pooh. But what if I don't want to use these characters? Should I reconsider joining this wiki? Am I misunderstanding the situation at hand? Because I'm not too sure that this community is open to new people or new ideas. 