Thread:Gen. Grievous1138/@comment-25550759-20180116224008

I was unsure where to turn, but I figured you were the highest and most logical wiki authority to approach on this matter.

Quite some time ago, I had been exploring the wiki a bit, and found something both interesting and slightly confusing. I noticed that there was a category page, complete with respective pages, for mods. Not only did I find this interesting, considering that the wiki is dedicated to the lotr mod, but I was also struck by the fact that community-made resource packs, of which there are far more and are more relevent in many cases to the community, did not recieve this same treatment. It was required, I realized quickly to my dismay, to search for the resource packs page, scroll through the list, and only then would one be able to access an information page or download. It thus follows that it was impossible to search a resource pack by name and find it.

This lack of content, as it seemed to me, in tandom with my plans to - in the relatively near future - release a resource pack of my own, prompted me to create a page for my resource pack, under the new category page Resource Packs. As this was the furthest I had ever taken something on the wiki into my own hands, I naturally provided a disclaimer on the page, and acknowledged that I may have been wrong in creating it. Recently, to further add to the wiki, I created a page for another resource pack, one that I found to have a great quantity of textures.

In time, wiki moderator AlteOgre saw the first page, and proposed to delete it. I asked for an explanation, as well as clarified the purpose of the page, and the reasons that I created it, but he ignored my response, answering none of my questions and stating that his comment was not a request.

Now, both pages are marked for deletion, and I am uneasy. Not only is my work scheduled to be erased, but no adequate explanation, besides "We will not moderate pages for texture or resource packs", has been given. Further, the lack of consideration and effort to even be polite or meet my requests, has left me feeling quite belittled.

I came to you in the hopes that you might be able to put my uneasiness at rest, if not by confirming that the creation of the pages was justified, then at least by providing me the explanation thus far denied. If you wish to see the conversations I spoke of for yourself, to judge it with an unbiased set of eyes, I have provided screenshots of the pages and their comments. The links are alternatively listed, but the pages may be deleted by the time you get to this.

LOTR 32x        Lore-Based



Lastly, I will provide a slight clarification as to why the wall post shown above is not sufficient in my eyes. Not only are there pages — under the Mods category — for The Lord of the Rings Mod and Joetater (which make complete sense), but also there is a page for the NEI plugin made by The Ranger Malvegil. If the issue is that I created pages for community-made things, I see no reason that the NEI plugin page should be permitted to exist, and not the reource pack pages.

Thank you for reading this comment, although I know it was long, and likely not enjoyable. I deeply hope that you will be able to craft a satisfactory response, and I will be ever more grateful to hear it. Patiently awaiting your response,

- QuinoaFalafel 