Board Thread:Captain's Council/@comment-2089817-20160507033741/@comment-25152698-20160507183126

Pardon me as I jump into the middle of this summit like I'm Sasuke.

In regards to whether or not we should keep the RPCQE, well, we definitely have to weigh our options. One look at other wikis (don't want to throw out any names here, but I'm sure we all have them in mind as former contributors) and it's easy to remember why this exists in the first place. Sure, getting rid of the exam will attract more contribturos to the site, but let us not forget that in doing so, that will akin to converting this site into a hive for noobs --a noob haven, if you will.

Now, I'm not against helping others, so long as they are passionate about the series and are willing to learn and grow. I truly do believe the way this exam is geared at the current moment is good, and should be left relatively unchanged, if not for a few minor tweaks here and there that I'm seeing you all discuss above. But to make myself perfectly clear here, I'm all for keeping it.

The reason being, it tests more than just writing ability and concept comprehension --it also tests two of the most important elements when it comes to being apart of a community: loyalty and discipline. The guys who pass this exam are showing that not only that they belong here, but furthermore, that they want to be here. I can see the guys that pass staying around here in the longterm, even if that be through a few breaks here and there. I just think one of the things that makes this wiki so special is that we're one of the few, if only, sites that encourage quality over quantity.

In that, we don't care how many users we have, we care about the kind of users we have.