User blog comment:WhiteSeraph/Article Tier Idea/@comment-1932673-20130428125810

I am neutral in this matter as I can see the merits of both arguments. The idea is a good one, but it has some crucial flaws and on another point I think both parties (Total vs Lither + Necrus) are being a little extremist.

People this is a democratic FAN FICTION WIKI - please leave the political/ideological stuff at home as it has no place here and only serves to wind people up.

If your a communist/socialist, that is fine, keep it to your user page but do not drag it into a wiki related argument.

Same thing goes for being a capitalist/conservative.

And another thing I would like to point out is:

Lither and Necrus you both have completely valid concerns and arguments against this idea. However you should not dismiss it out of hand without testing as the whole system relies on people and we have a solid core of regular veterans whose articles will most likely be subject to the tiers as most noobs don't stay on for long enough to get a tiered article. On top of that I trust in the people here who may get tiered articles as have known them all long enough to know they have a good amount of common decency.

Thing is this wiki works on trust. If you can't trust people, be they normal users or admins then it is not going to work. Lither and Necrus' arguements are valid, but revolve around distrust for people at the core of it. So please guys just scale it down a bit even if it is for a short period just so we can try ideas.

Total please respond with a more open mind to their comments as they are right in some regards and your idea is good but has more flaws than you admit. If you want to the idea to succeed then you must get other admins and regular users to participate in a trial run. This would allow a fuller portion of the community to endorse an article and would also put other admins in place to push the 'big red button'. This would ensure the trial finishes at the agreed upon time so its results can be analysed by the community and the ultimate decision made.

Ultimately my point is:

We MUST keep an open mind AND make trial runs for new systems and features.

ALL trials must be made and ran by teams consisting of both admins and regular users to ensure full cooperation in a proper environment.