Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-25898954-20150131111950

I had a good talk with Savage in chat yesterday about the past and future of the community here, and he encouraged me talk more with you about this and your Featured Fanon project.

Through my perusal of archived forums and longtime user talk pages, I've come to understand that the community here was a bit more vibrant and cohesive in the past, and that things have dropped off quite a bit. Basically, I feel that there's a lot of potential for community here, given the casual, relaxed atmosphere and free-for-all idea-arena for any material related to Star Wars. I feel it's a shame that everyone simply plugs away at their own work without much interest in cultivating a community of frequent users.

I realize that we can't exactly cultivate the same kind of community seen on encyclopedic wikis, wherein people get to know each other through working on a common project, but I think that if people had a way to interact, some sort of community would arise. This is one of the reasons why I would like to assist in any way I can in your "Featured Fanon" idea. To me, UotM, QotW, and GA/FA encouraged users to interact with each other through the expression of their opinions on a common quote/user/article, as well as fed the process by encouraging people to nominate their own work in the hopes of seeing it featured.

Basically, that was my long-winded offer of assistance regarding Featured Fanon. It's a shame to me to see such a solid potential community wasted, the establishment of such a feature would be a good first step in the right direction. If you would like to discuss this in more detail, I'd be happy to pop in chat/IRC sometime. 