A Somber Farewell
NOTE: In the interest of preventing any possible drama, as requested by Fandom Staff, I have edited the following post from its original version and disabled commenting on this page. I implore everyone to be respectful of the administrators here and not to do anything to initiate discord.
Greetings once again, Garfield Wiki! You may be surprised to see me writing another blog post here. To be honest, I’m a bit surprised about that myself. But today is a sad day, and indeed one I hoped would never arise. After recent events, I have made the decision to leave the Garfield Wiki. But, I do have one last thing to say.
As a long-time visitor to this Wiki and an even longer-time Garfield fan, from the start I have only wanted the best for this comm…
A Concerning Discovery
Hello again Garfield Wiki! After the unfortunate drama generated by my previous blog post I did not intend to write about TeeJay87 again. I certainly don’t want to make the situation worse. However, I feel that I have a responsibility to notify the community about recent developments.
Earlier this week, TeeJay87 posted a new image on Fanart Central entitled “Bonzo Wag Creating a Friendly Environment on the Garfield Wiki.” This “satire” was clearly made for the sole purpose of attacking me personally, as the image depicts some sort of Nazi character impaling “True Garfield Fans” as a group. In the image’s description, TeeJay87 refers to me as a troll repeatedly, also calling me drunk and stupid.
Now, am I surprised that TeeJay87 has decided t…
Creating a Welcoming Environment
Greetings Garfield Wiki! Allow me to introduce myself: I have been a fan of the Garfield franchise for as long as I can remember. For over a decade, I’ve been using your Wiki as a point of reference, and it has come a LONG way since I first discovered it in the early 2010s. Back then, most pages were in awful shape, and many topics weren’t even covered at all. That has changed, and the content side of the Wiki is now in a much better place. Over time I have also observed the activity and users of the Wiki, and unfortunately the news there is not as good. You see, even though I have not seen everything that has gone on, one thing has become clear: the Garfield Wiki has a toxic, unwelcoming culture towards new and inexperienced users. This c…