User blog:EvergeenMapping/Really?

Hello Community! Today I have something I feel is rather important to say to you guys. Recently, due to frequent mixups with Nicole's friends, I have decided to put some "research" into recent (as in past 3-6 mo.) conflicts involving our wiki. The results of my evaluations show that many of these conflicts, especially the Nicole Crisis, could well have been avoided by changing what one of OUR users did. First off, yes, there are exceptions, such as Arcy, who was simply an egomaniac all along, but right now I think it would be best to cite other (preventable) incidences.

Nicole
As you know, Nicole was recently chatbanned on this particular wiki, from which we can cite an increasing amount of Ben drowned users appearing in-chat. Not too long ago, I was yelling at Claus (one of Nicole's close friends) telling him to get out of our wiki, but soon after things got WAAAYYY out of hand. I kinda-maybe-sorta provoked Claus, so I did what I thought was necessary, and I settled it with Nicole. When I was on the Ben drowned chat, Nicole immediately requested that I stop yelling at Claus, and I agreed to her request per an explaination on her part. She proceeded to tell me that Batran had requested her presence on the wiki, fearing a potential DDoS attack, knowing her "experienced" with such dilemmas. It was a false alarm, but Nicole had gotten a good glance on the wiki, and started "monitoring" it for potential hackers. Eventually, she brought her friends on to our chat, causing a little bit of outrage in the community. Afterwards, Sunny thought it would be funny if he mocked Nicole (acc. name: IM STILL ALIVE) by creating an alt to be known as: IM STILL STUPID. Of course, Sunny then proceeded to do stupid stuff, which tipped Nicole over. Nicole then proceeded to threaten the wiki with another Grim Reaping, so Sunny had to fight her off. Anyways, could we have done something different here to prevent this Crisis?

Trio
OK, you caught me, I have Aspergrer's Syndrome, so I have some experience being on the Spectrum, but I seriously believe incidences like those which occured involving Trio could be prevented simply. You see, what I've learned is that putting an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) person in an unwelcoming enviroment immediately creates problems. The wiki (specifically veteran/popular Mappers) tend(s) to be unwelcoming, or even sometimes hostile to new mappers. I didn't experience this, but I have a feeling that was only due to personally knowing Monsoonjr99, who happens to be at large here. After taking into point Trio's view on the whole thing, I've come to the conclusion that a lot of incidents involving Trio were simply caused by the Admins' refusal to forgive. I'm not saying we should forgive him, as I believe looking back on this and thinking about what he did wrong is an important process in any ASD person's life, but that we should perhaps create a more welcoming and informational site not plagued by tension. We CAN blame Trio for everything he did against our wiki, but after all, his vandalism had an intention behind it: He simply doesn't know HOW to make himself accepted, that's a part of having Autism (not Asperger's, just Autism). Trio had no other choice, as he perceived being rejected by the community. And also, I know lots about ASD, I learned from my own mother, who just so happens to work for the ASD board at the major state (and ultimately regional) university, so don't throw any disciplinarian sh*t at me.

Final Thoughts
I know I just put myself in hot water, but it felt 100% justified to me, as I feel that the wiki has been manifesting its own problems, and I don't care what any of the Admins, nor Mind, Pez, Zukas, or Multi or any chatmods I missed think of this, I just need them all to consider what I think could help the wiki's internal and externam problems.

Sincerely ~loneevergreen