Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
OT, but IMO part of the problem is the existence of wikis set up by mods and closed for anyone else to add or edit the information, even though these wikis seem to have the same boilerplate about being maintained by/for the community. When I noticed this feature on FT, it certainly destroyed my enthusiasm for participating in wikis. This policy seems to contradict the message that participation is welcome.
I found that odd as well, and I recall the first few I came across were like that. I ignored Wikis after that as I thought they were just another form of moderated "sticky".
Now that I see they're not all locked, though I frankly just don't notice them unless they automatically open when clicking on the thread. This may just be my own mental oddities and occasional vision problems, but the thick blue Wiki bar tends to escape my notice as it sits so close to the very similar blue bar above. And the small grey-font "Wiki" text and very small "+" sign don't catch my eye or stand out at all. Thus, I often don't see the fact that a Wiki exists for a thread.
Again, I may just be the one oddball out of thousands who see it fine and just don't use it!