Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-26431461-20190315153230/@comment-27306930-20190401014846

After listening to all sides, it seems to me there's a conflict with the Wiki's original mission statement from 2007, and the actual goals and focus of the wiki today, in 2019.

The original mission statement is specifically dedicated to "off-brand and Super Soaker products", among other things. Clearly, the wording could have been better. But I'm not sure that's the actual focus anymore. People come here for information on Nerf, and third party blasters. Super Soakers and off-brand water blasters are clearly secondary as observed in the wiki activity, the forum content, and their general popularity.

So while it's technically a mission directive to include other water blasters and dedicate equal time and energy to curating and maintaining those parts of the wiki, it's clearly no longer a priority. The question then becomes, how much time and resources should the wiki spend on non-Nerf water blasters at all. As Jet said, they would be better suited to a water gun-focused wiki, which this is not.

Bottom line, times change. Mission statements need to adapt, otherwise they become conflicted and irrelevant. I'd love to take a stab at rewording it.