Thread:GokūBlack10/@comment-3008090-20131211152059/@comment-1520269-20131211234645

As an active member of NF's administration, I should probably take the time to address this thread as well. It would be unfortunate for things to get out of hand, if left unnatended.

First of all, it would have been preferable if you would have brought your concerns to one of the admins. If you would have done as such, we probably could have cleared this up much more efficiently. Regardless, let's get down to business.


 * When it comes to Mairi Sairus and Dorita Saki, I believe the entire administration would admit that they are in poor taste. This is unquestionable, but it isn't the issue at hand. To be a fair and just administration we can't let personal feelings about an article dictate our protocol with dealing with such issues. While I personally wish the articles didn't exist, grounds for their deletion can only be considered when it comes to breeches to the manual of style. So, bad parodies they may be, they aren't particularly disruptive.


 * Next, I'd like to address the claims of favoritism and discrimination when it comes to the application process. While I'm doubtful you have any interest in hearing the opinion from one of the administration on this topic, I feel it is necessary to touch on this subject as well. Applications can become a sore spot for users, especially when they are denied. This is unavoidable for the most part, but it should be noted that the applications have been largely successful. As for the claims of favoritism, I believe there is a misunderstanding how many successful applications attempts are approached. Instead of simply heading straight to the application process, many users will discuss their ideas extensively with the admins and other users in chat in the early stages of development. This allows them to perhaps clean up their proposal and deal with any potential hiccups that application would reveal prior to actually applying. While from an outside point of view this can look like those who hang out in chat get approved simply because they hang out in chat, it's more the result of the character or concept being groomed and improved into a significantly stronger ideas. As a vast majority of our users in chat enjoy discussing ideas with one another, I would like to see more people take advantage of this unnofficial, and informal, pre-application process.


 * As for the incident regarding a comment made on a certain character's page, followed by a retort on the a message wall, I think both of you got a bit out of hand. I'm personally disappointed the whole scenario, but an admin has taken up the task of speaking with Serk. I appreciate your admission that you perhaps didn't handle the situation the best, and I hope that you choose a different route should you continue your residence on NF.

Overall, I think there isn't much more to mention, but I'm willing to continue this discussion are long as it doesn't devolve into a heresay argument. I hope I've alleviated some of your concerns, and I hope to see more of your work on the site in the future. Peace.