Thread:Tarantulaben/@comment-10749583-20130612065334

Hey Tarantula,

I wanted to first thank you and Geogiles and Spongebob for all of your work in creating this fun, informative Wiki =).

That said, I wanted to bring the Squidport page to your attention, along with the recent additions in the comments section... I don't know if it's intentional, but despite a number of protests and explanations from myself (before I created this account) and other visitors, Geogiles, the current moderator of the Squidport Event page, does not seem to have any interest in presenting factual information. As I'm sure you can see in the page edit history, he presented release date information 2 or 3 times, that he quickly changed once it became apparent that said information was false.

Over the past week or so when myself and other users questioned his actions and his sources in the comments section, he openly admitted that the information was in fact not fact, but speculation, guesses and hearsay.

He has said things like "…will be released June 3rd...", or "...scheduled to be release June 13th..." when he has openly admitted in the comments section that he has no conclusive evidence or any reliable sources for such release date-related information (other than a supposed 'deleted tweet' which, of course, he can not show proof of. (yet even this, I would argue, is not evidence. i.e. what if they deleted the tweet because it was inaccurate/premature?" etc.))…

I mean no disrespect and as I said, I certainly appreciate the work he, yourself and the other mods put into this website. However, I certainly don't respect when individuals present opinion or hearsay as fact and mislead others, whether intentional or not -- especially when that individual is in a place of power and influence like the moderator of an oft viewed website such as your own.

I bring this to your attention because your profile leads me to believe that you are a man of principle and that you have an appreciation for quality and accuracy of information, while Geogiles's recent actions would lead me to question his. I have no vendetta against Geogiles, just his behavior.

In another related note, he or someone else has been selectively deleting comments from the same page, which, while completely within his/her authority, seems like strange behavior considering the nature of many if not all of the comments deleted was not malicious...

Thank you again, Tarantula, for your hard work and dedication, and for keeping this site great!

I look forward to your reply.

Best,

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