User blog:Zaffie/Damn, Tornados

So here's hoping that no one on here has family or friends in Oklahoma. The news about the tornado is just playing on Australian TV now and it sounds absolutely horrific, so best wishes to anybody involved. Bit of a waste of a blog, I know, but really the only way to reach everybody these days. What kind of a community are we when half of us are on IRC and the other half encourage people to communicate through the chat of a different wiki? This isn't how WFW is supposed to be.

I can understand people wanting to be on chat for a role playing wiki they are part of, but come on, guys. Spend some time on WFW chat as well! You are all part of this wiki, right? Or is NightClan the only community you want to be involved in? Maybe venture onto the IRC some time. It's not that hard to find, and any of the older users would be happy to give you directions. I know any comment on this blog asking how to get on IRC will be helped.

And to us older users, we need to make more of an effort too. Spend some time on chat, try not to terrify the noobs half out of their wits, all that good stuff. Find common ground, guys!

The way I see it, either we are a community, or we're just a group of people with shared interests writing fanfiction and going to great lengths to never communicate or help each other. I know which one I'd prefer. This goes out to each and every one of you, so don't read this and think yourself immune, or that it doesn't apply. We need to BE a community.