User blog:PeppermintSoda/On the Subject of Comments

Hello everyone, and good afternoon! At least over here that is.

Over the past few weeks, I've noticed the amount of comments posted on many of the articles. While many of them seem harmless, some are getting out of hand, especially those joke texts from recurring users.

Despite some of the obscurity of these articles—in other words, not receiving as much traffic as other pages—please remember that this is a public wiki and people stop by it every day. (If you want a clear idea about how many people come here, this wiki gets over 5k views daily.) As wiki databases are meant to be professional, both in terms of content and attitude, posting such comments present a childish outlook that sounds more like a dump-post for memes than a genuine discussion section.

This is nothing new; this wiki has had such comments before. However, recently they have seem to escalate in terms of frequency, and at this point it has not only clogged up the Wiki Activity pages but also comes off as borderline spam.

Therefore, I'd like everyone to refrain from posting many of such meme comments, or at least present it in a slightly more professional attitude so that it doesn't come off as silly. This doesn't mean you cannot post such comments anymore. I'm still allowing it, but please limit yourself to a maximum of two consecutive comments per page and 2-3 posts per day.

'I'm not going to ban anyone for this. Only some of these comments even break the rules.'

If you feel that either 1) this is confusing, 2) this is a good idea, or 3) this is all just plain ridiculous, I'm open to any points of discussion and clarification.