Thread:JustLeafy/@comment-3153244-20170709174808

Hi JustLeafy, I've changed your block so that you can edit your own message wall for the time being.

I'm also an admin here, but haven't been around for a while. This means that I've been slightly out of touch of what's been going on around here, particularly about your contributions the resultant block. From what I've seen from your contributions and my discussions with Spike, the main reason for your block was because of your insistence on doing things a particular way, and your refusal to listen when an administrator tells you otherwise. Examples of this include changing the layout of particular pages, templates, the general appearance of the wiki, etc.

While I appreciate the fact that you have many ideas and suggestions, please remember that what is suitable for one wiki may not be suitable for another. Here at Bloons Wiki, most of what you see (e.g. templates, JS/CSS scripts, design, quality of life features) is a result of years of work that has been discussed and agreed upon by the administrators and other members of the Bloons Wiki community. Changes that are made here aren't just to suit one person, they are for everyone. If there's a feature that isn't here, there's likely to be a good reason for it. If there's a feature that is here, it's likely we decided there was a need for it. This is decided by the administrators of the wiki, who serve as representatives for the community as a whole.

This brings me to my next point: being an administrator. You don't get admin rights just because you want to make some changes to the wiki. You have to earn those rights. Firstly, this means proving that you are a mature, helpful and active member of the community here, and that you listen to others' opinions. These qualities aren't judged by yourself, but rather, by the administrators. Secondly, none of the administrators here became one overnight. They have all been around for a long time; it's a gradual process to earn respect and trust from the administrators and the community.

Lastly, and most importantly, this wiki is not a testing ground for you to implement your own ideas and templates. Many people surf this wiki daily, and the last thing they need is for some accidentally broken template on a page to negatively impact on their experience here. This is why most technical aspects are left to administrators and users who have experience in those fields. If you want to experiment with templates, you can create sandboxes in your own userspace. If you want to experiment with JavaScript, create your own wiki, and perhaps Fandom staff will enable it. However, we cannot possibly (and will not) implement every single idea that every user suggests. If we believe it's necessary, we will consider it. However, the main reason against implementing too many additional 'features' is as Spike mentioned at Thread:83572: many JS scripts often stop working as soon as Fandom staff release an update, due to conflicting code. In such cases, a copy/pasted script will do us no good. 