Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-28398720-20160827152805/@comment-7971816-20160917121203

I think you must have understood something wrong here.

I'm not at all saying we didn't have enough time to object. If I had anything to object too, I would have. I don't, and I'm totally fine with the conclusion we have reached.

What I was commenting on was your intention to finish this as soon as possible, while there is no need for a hurry. There is no need for a timetable or a limit in which objections are welcome. If someone came into this discussion right now, they'd still have to be heard. That's all that I, as an admin, am trying to enable. I am by no means saying that only admins have final decsion or that only we can decide on these matters.

I'm just saying that I believed the final decision was being taken a bit fast. Maybe that's just from my perspective, but I was just trying to make sure I didn't skip ahead on anything. Because you do have to take into consideration that as an admin, we have that responsibility more than other users. We are supposed to be involved in all of these big decisions, and it can be a hastle to keep track of all of them. So if I'm pulling the brakes a bit, then it's only in the benefit of the wikia. And you're right, changes do happen without us intervening. We're not flawles, and people sometimes do not care about community input enough to contact us or the community. So all we can do, when we're getting involved, is try to make sure it happens in a way that's manageable for everyone on the wikia.

About the templategate : I am very much aware that templates get edited because they're unlocked. That doesn't mean it's okay. Just because a template happens to be unlocked, doesn't mean users shouldn't run their suggestions by the community. Sadly, users on this wikia tend to ignore that fact, and templates do get edited often. I am not saying only admins can edit templates. I'm saying that the only people who can edit templates, are the people who have run their idea by the community. Editors don't need permission from the admins persé, they need permission from the community.

Which, you have done and that's why this discussion is here. And because of that I have no problem with you editing an open template. But once you do that, and you're finished, this template in particular will be locked and a templategate will be required in the future. To protect the effort we put into this discussion and to avoid anyone washing all of it away or something.

That's all that I wanted to clarify.