Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-24489325-20140405164439/@comment-23316-20140406000451

I would not want anyone to leave a Wiki they are interested in. All wikis are works in progress, edits that contribute accurate information about the topic (the show and book The 100 in this case) are not vandalism. Even if they do not follow rules for formatting, they are still the good faith efforts of users to add to the wiki.

If an edit is incorrect, or not about The 100 somehow, then deletion is appropriate, if the edit is about The 100 then whoever notices the formatting issues should either 1) just correct the formatting, or 2) politely ask the contributing user to fix it after letting them know what they did wrong and where they can read the formatting guidelines they should be following. The latter will take longer, but also encourages collaboration that will lead to a better wiki.

As far as creating pages without asking, that is an unusual rule for a wiki, and is it goes against the spirit of the Wikia Community Guidlines such as "Jump right in!", "Collaboration is key", "Practice open-mindedness & assume good faith", and "Welcoming new users". That is likely the primary reason that new users don't ask first, it does not occur to them to do so, since Wikia encourages them to “Jump right in!”, and that “…wikias are open to edit by anyone, users of all skill levels and opinions are welcome to participate…”.

If the first thing that happens to a new good-faith contributor, is deletion of their contribution, with an brusk comment about the validity of said contribution, they will probably see that as confrontational and react in kind.

There will be people here who are primarily interested in character relationships, but there will also be people here interested in the science fiction, the world history, the post-Apocalypse survival, or some other aspect of the concept. They should be welcomed as well, as they become more active contributors, they may even start helping with the more technical stuff (formatting, links, sources, etc.)