Thread:HopelessNightOwl/@comment-8198649-20140505231708

Ethan, we need to talk. Those words may be cliche, but its true. Now most of the other admins dont really seem to be paying attention to the wiki, and those who do have been getting deletion complaints and and overwhelmed by all the edits you're making.

WHat I'm trying to say is you should slow down. Now I'm not trying to impede your progress, but I do have some reasons to tell you this. Before I say that though, I'd like to point out your binge editing is hinting to me you're either a work-a-holic or very obsessive in the quality category. From my experience that can lead to some bad results.

First of all, it seems that you skim most of these pastas you're deleting. We've noticed you only take a minute or so to judge if someone's writing is crap or not. We believe that the best course of action would be to give it a chance - you're mowing through these alarmingly and you've added Needs Work and Marked for Deletion on pastas that often dont need it.

Second, You dont give any reason for deleting or adding such categories. You seem to either belittle them or just inform then that it will be deleted. Why not explain why? Tell them how to improve?

Third, the exstensive deletion quite possibly has been driving away new members. Finding someone deleting a lot of pastas and the like is rather intimidating, and many people dont want to bother with a site that isnt willing to accept anything but great writing. Not everyone is a natural with literature, so that could be rather a turn off.

Fourth and finally, I myself have experienced binge editing before. When I did it my quality range slowly slid up from all the stories I saw I didn't consider to be good enough. I'm afraid you might do the same thing and we'll end up with a bad case of wild deletions.

Now I share these concerns with others here, and although I'm not trying to belittle you, I believe all of us here are just wanting you to slow down. Its gotten to the rate of insanity, and at this point we think the best course of action would be to calm it down. 