Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-5553481-20160309220808/@comment-6005647-20160312212913

I agree on most lines with Arro. I honestly think, whatever the outcome is, there must be some sort of plan applied. It's not just a matter of having the pages or not, as all before my post pointed out - it's a matter of information integrity, of having an active community.

If those pages remain deleted, something still has to be done. People should be more active, and that requires events, contests, mentorship, anything that encourages not only practice, but discussions as well. Maybe even debates, why not?

If the pages are brought back, I understand that a lot of people might see them as roleplay, or as invalid information. Having an argument right now about the nature of psionics, its terminology, the seriosity of the practitioners that are in this Wikia, what's right and what's wrong, won't help. Attempting to change the opinions of others will either postpone taking a decision, or will decrease even more the number of active people - at least, in my opinion.

What I think should be done is go for a middle-ground solution. I think that some (or all) pages should be brought back. At the beginning there can be placed that 'tag' for 'This may contain (...)*fluff'. At the end of the page, there can be a blog, or a forum post, or something linked to it in which people can express their opinions and personal experience.

What I believe is that you can't force people to use terminology or systems of thought they don't want to use. Sonokinesis is still Telekinesis, sure - but someone might have more skill in making sounds be louder than moving a psi-wheel; perhaps its their proficiency, perhaps it's the flavor of 'controlling sound', not just moving air molecules. Someone might insist they heal via spirits, whilst another one says it's just energy. The important bit is that it works.

Some things work for some people, other techniques/methods/paradigms work for other. I really believe this site should treat the subject more openly.

My opinion is the following: Bring back the pages. Create some general pages, which talk about how people have different opinions, how techniques may work for someone, might not work for another, how sometimes it takes hard work, sometimes it takes inspiration, sometimes it take intelligent iteration. Make all the pages have small posts about opinions, personal experiences, debates etc. regarding that ability, how they practice it, what they theorize/hypothesize about it.