Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-24984058-20141112235518/@comment-24984058-20141113230714

Yes, indeed, it is very good that most people pass in the first time they take the exam and that the others do better the second time around. This is precisely why I argue, though, that the exam may not be needed. In all actuality, the exam is serving the exact same purpose as a Manual of Style with the added effect of people needing to take the exam first before their style can be judged. I see your point, believe me, but it seems counterpreductive, not to mention more work for admins and other users who are on the committee, to have to judge pages. We could simply achieve the same effect with a more stringent enforcement of the Manual of Style already existant.

I also definitely understand the need for you wanting to control the content of the pages on the site. I have seen some of the stuff that was on here and on Naruto (mostly on Naruto) an dI find that I am shocked at the grammar and structure of the articles. However, as I just mentioned, we could form a single committee that is responsible for scanning articles on the site and allowing those users to demand that the articles be fixed or they will be deleted within a specific time period. I feel like the reason that this did not work was that there was not much enforcement of the Manual of Style, and with a few changes, it could be an easy fix.

I also agree with your point in that a new user may create articles that are not quite up to par for site standards. What would stop that person, however, from simply creating terrible articles after they passed the exam? Again, (I probably sound like a broken record, so sorry :P) but if we enforce the Manual of Style on a much higher degree, we will not the exam. Even if someone passes the exam, there is no guarantee that their material will be good and then we will have to enforce the Manual of Style anyway. This way, you are killing two stones with one bird. (XD)

We are not like NF, to say the least: not to point fingers at anyone, but for the most part, our users care about their work and make considerably skilled contributions to the site. I have seen a lot of positives with the exam but I simply think that there is an easier way to do things, that's all. One of the reasons that I left NF was because of the apps and it is one of the reasons why I (and maybe others) cannot go back at the moment. I don't really have time to do exams and applications and then create my pages (granted, test/app or not, I have not really had the time). It really reminds me of that one South Park episode where the guys play World of Warcraft trying to beat that one guy. They spend weeks (or months, I dunno...) training and leveling up just so that they could beat him and then, when they ask "What do we do now?" they say "Now we can play the game..." -_-