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We will not tolerate an edit war (should it come to that), as is the case in all wikis. If it comes down to that, we will lock this page to further edits. | We will not tolerate an edit war (should it come to that), as is the case in all wikis. If it comes down to that, we will lock this page to further edits. | ||
| − | Finally, as to the character of Henderson himself. We understand that it's been decided that this character is a heel and that no one likes him. We aren't going to police this core concept, but we would ask that people refrain from making this character bigoted in any way, in alignment with our [[Style Guide#Inclusiveness|Inclusivity statement]]. There are far more creative ways to make a character unlikable than to bring in real world stressors. | + | Finally, as to the character of Henderson himself. We understand that it's been decided that this character is a heel and that no one likes him. We aren't going to police this core concept, but we would ask that people refrain from making this character bigoted in any way, in alignment with our [[Style Guide#Inclusiveness|Inclusivity statement]]. There are far more creative ways to make a character unlikable than to bring in real world stressors. -- BlaseballSteve, Admin/Founder |
Revision as of 01:24, 13 August 2020
Regarding objectionable content on Tillman Henderson's page
The wiki admin team received complaints about three pieces of content that had been added to Tillman Henderson's page: a note that Henderson had a framed photo of Ronald Reagan, a note that Henderson had a tribal tattoo, and a short story about a time when Henderson destroyed a collection of clones of himself.
We have removed the references to Ronald Reagan and the tribal tattoo. It is our opinion that these were tasteless references and were not essential to the character of Henderson, which is that of a total narcissist and heel. Obviously, certain parts of Blaseball are explicitly political, but in general we would like to encourage authors to find creative solutions within the world of Blaseball, or in parody, rather than direct references to the real world. We also think that you can have a character who is a heel without them being vaguely racist.
As to the matter of the destruction of the clones: the wiki administrators have decided this is acceptable to leave on Henderson's character page. Blaseball is a game steeped in dark humor. Players die every single day (real time). This short story about Henderson destroying his clones is no more violent than anything that happens in Blaseball on a regular basis. Furthermore, this story is not explicit or graphic, somewhat less so than the regular incinerations of Blaseball. If the community decides that this bit of content is objectionable and cannot stay, we would ask that this matter is settled on the community level. The author who added this story, Revryebread, seems to also run the RP Twitter account for Henderson, and appears to be solely their creation.
We will not tolerate an edit war (should it come to that), as is the case in all wikis. If it comes down to that, we will lock this page to further edits.
Finally, as to the character of Henderson himself. We understand that it's been decided that this character is a heel and that no one likes him. We aren't going to police this core concept, but we would ask that people refrain from making this character bigoted in any way, in alignment with our Inclusivity statement. There are far more creative ways to make a character unlikable than to bring in real world stressors. -- BlaseballSteve, Admin/Founder
