Forum:PCA is Closing

You don't know how much I regret this, but this is what it's come to. I'm sorry, but I've decided to close Project Character Art. It's not fun anymore; just a bunch of petty squabbles and fights. I'm so tired of all these arguments. And the excess images! People think it's 'the thing' to upload images when they're bored, when they want, and when a new user pops up. I see images on every talk page, some that don’t even belong there. The Project contributed to this mess; people see the pictures and think, "Oh, I'm supposed to upload a ton!"

And look at the other Projects; no one pays attention to them. It's always ‘PCA this!’ and ‘PCA that!’ We have an excess amount of users that only do art, and think that’s the only thing they can be doing. I’ve known users who joined just to become part of this Project; the articles fell onto the waiting list, and cat pictures took over. Even now, with the Projects stepping back up, there is still little attention paid to them while there are 40 or so edits to the Project Art talk page within an hour. We need to start acting as an encyclopedia, not a humongous gallery. PCA, PCA, PCA, and oh, PCA, is going to have to stop.

I was hoping I would not have to do this; I really was. I loved this Project and working with it, eventually growing to the Project leader. However, I see that this is the only solution to this mess. There is a small possibility that the Project will reopen some time in the future, but do not expect it to be soon. Not unless we start discussing what we can do to improve the sections of World, Books, and Characters, and leave the “Didn’t I reserve this?” and “Can you make me…” behind. Feel free to be disappointed; you have no idea how deeply I am. I’ve been discussing this with Insane and Sandy, and though they were reluctant to accept this point of thinking, I’ve convinced them. Show us that the users here can focus on the content of our articles, instead of thinking of which character to show next, and we’ll consider opening it again. Thank you; and again, I’m sorry. -- Bramble 00:08, April 1, 2010 (UTC)