User blog:Sharkbate/V Rex, My Opinions, and My Return

Hello everyone! If you don't know who I am, my name is Sharkbate. I joined this wiki in December of 2008. I moved onto the network with the rest of my wiki 'generation'. Why did we leave?


 * 1) The skin. Wikia changed their skin (network wide) and made it mandatory. We had just created our own skin that the community enjoyed when Wikia came in and destroyed it.
 * 2) More control. On the network, we have control over everything. We can control the site features, widgets, and more. We even have our own staff. Here, you guys have little control. You guys don't have your own staff. You guys have Wikia's staff, which isn't always helpful.
 * 3) Joeyaa. Don't want to get into it, but Joeyaa was a Wikia helper who tried to, basically control us. He tried to make us stay when Wikia updated, as well.

Those are just some reasons. Okay, let's talk about V-Rex. A lot of you are claiming that he didn't create the Club Penguin Wiki. You're wrong. He did in fact found the wiki. What's confusing you is the "Club Penguin" page with edits from 2006. Here's the story. V-Rex created the wiki in January 2007. It wasn't created in 2006. In October of 2007, TurtleShroom imported the "Club Penguin" page from Wikipedia. When you import a page, the edits come with it. The "Club Penguin" page was made on Wikipedia in 2006. When you look at the earliest edits of that page on this wiki, there is no doubt you will see an edit from 2006. That edit was made on Wikipedia, not here. So don't be confused. V-Rex is indeed the founder of the wiki.

Now, in my opinion, this place is falling apart. Honestly. I don't want to be offensive, but some of your administrators are pretty controlling and strict. Almost like dictators. Okay. So. I have an issue. I go on your chat every now and then, alright? I go on to see what's up and give some tips and suggestions. What happens? Your 'community' pushes me down. You completely ignore me and my suggestions. I'm a veteran user! I know what I'm talking about. I'm a staff member on the new wiki! I've edited this place since 2008! Don't think I'm being stupid when offer help. Another thing that really made me upset was when one of you called me a 'rookie' because I didn't have an avatar and you didn't know who I was. What? A rookie? Are you kidding me? I am probably one of the most experienced users here. The only problem is, you never listen to me. Why is that? Is it because you think I'm here to 'harm' the wiki? Am I going to take your spotlight? No. I simply want to help the place that I joined in 2008.

I recently announced my plans to return to this wiki. This isn't going to happen just like that. I have some conditions. It sounds really far-fetched, but I want to be repromoted to administrator. I believe I can help the wiki and teach the current administrators how to properly manage this place. I know that sounds extremely rude, but I'm being fully honest. It seems like the administrators control every aspect of this place. That isn't how it should be. I had another user say to me, "Don't tell the admins how to do their job". Excuse me? I'm not telling them how to do anything. I'm teaching them how to run a wiki properly. I want this place to be nice for all users. I want to make the wiki more user-friendly and less of a dictatorship. Next, I want to be heard. I'm sick of you Wikia users ignoring every thing I say. You get in arguments with me on the chat over the stupidest things and you just flat out treat me like dirt. I'm not here to ruin the wiki, I'm here to help.

Having said that, do you accept or decline my offer?

Yours truly,

' Talk2Meh 05:22, July 24, 2012 (UTC)harkbate Talk2Meh 05:22, July 24, 2012 (UTC)