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fishysaur Good for nothing Since: May, 2018
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#26: Feb 6th 2020 at 3:07:31 PM

Eddy, you're making a ruckus for a thing that annoys (apparently) only you. These indexes are very useful, there's a reason if nearly every franchise character page has them

The easy solution is for you to unfollow the One Piece character pages, so that they don't annoy you. You can be a One Piece fan without following the pages, just like I do

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#27: Feb 6th 2020 at 3:59:20 PM

[up] Following that, Eddy, I should probably let you know an ATT report was started about this.

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#28: Feb 6th 2020 at 4:36:44 PM

I think they cause more good than bad tbh; sure it's annoying when someone moves pages around, but it's a worthy tradeoff IMO. But as others have said, your personal feelings have very little impact on the way the wiki is run. We're not going to ban something just because you personally don't like it. Now, we could crowner it, but it seems like you're the only person in this thread who doesn't like them. Either you demonstrate that they cause more bad than good, or you adjust how you trope. Unfollow these pages, or simply ignore them when you see all of them being changed. It's not difficult.

One alternate template I've seen is for Marvel Cinematic Universe: only the "paths" to each page are listed at the top. See MCU: Daredevil for an example. This has the benefit of not having to edit every single page whenever something is changed.

Also, yes, be nice.

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#29: Feb 6th 2020 at 4:41:22 PM

Honestly, I think you could just as well wait it out. I imagine the influx of such edits will end soon as the pages are filled out.

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#30: Feb 6th 2020 at 5:35:48 PM

Yeah, character indexes on top of the page don't look pretty, but not everything functional needs to be pretty. Just because you personally don't like how it looks or you feel it clogs your following page doesn't mean everyone else should cave to your demands. A wiki is a collaborative project. Do what Synchronicity and Brainulator said: Unfollow those pages and/or wait until the editing surge dies down.

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#31: Feb 6th 2020 at 5:42:20 PM

I'm going to do this here: ~Eddy1215, the fact that you are harassing people over PM and in this thread for some relatively standard edits that do not run afoul of any rules, with an argument that grounds down "it annoys me", is not how a wiki works, and not a constructive editor acts. You pitched a similar fit about Magnificent Bastard awhile back. You have got to stop, or it's going to end up in a suspension.

Eddy1215 Since: May, 2010
#32: Feb 6th 2020 at 5:55:43 PM

Fine, I'll yield. But I can't believe I'm the only one who feels this way.

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#33: Feb 6th 2020 at 5:58:07 PM

Still, even if there are others, as they've not made their opinions clear in any way, we can't just go ahead and change these things on a whim.

You mentioned having a crowner, and in theory that's good, but Wiki Talk is a lesser used forum and people aren't going to go looking for random crowners to vote for.

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Eddy1215 Since: May, 2010
#34: Feb 6th 2020 at 6:48:37 PM

Well, where would a good place for a crowned be?

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#35: Feb 7th 2020 at 11:20:36 AM

Nowhere, since nobody besides you has expressed any concern over this issue. This is your last chance to cut it out.

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