User:TheDarkness909/Group Advertising

Advertising When articles just won't do, many users on the Wikia will make blog posts about their group. To me, that's the most subtle way of saying "Join our group!" But see, here's why I don't like it at all.

When these people are advertising, they're targeting the wrong demographic.

ROBLOX Wikia readers are here to look up information about things. If they read about a group, they want to read about how the group started, how they work, who's in charge, and the battles they've fought. Do they want to join the group? Here's where the group representatives are going wrong.

It's like when a person (the reader) asks questions to another person (the official's), and the other person wants that person to ask a certain question; "Can I join?" This is the question these guys want, but the person asks questions the other person doesn't really want to answer. So, they throw in advertisements. Terms like "Policies" and "Guidelines"... is that person interested in that? No... they just ask questions about the history, and who's in charge. Would he ever say "Can I join?" PROBABLY NOT.

That's why it's pointless to throw this stuff in the ever-growing list of blog posts on the Wiki. It's because it'll probably never work. Look groups, I know, they want members. But really, you gotta search somewhere else. ROBLOX Wikia is not the Kijiji or Craigslist of ROBLOX. It is the home of ROBLOX information, much like how Wikipedia is the home of information in general. ROBLOX Wikia is not nothing, but it's not everything. It's a fact-based portal for ROBLOX information and facts, so just answer this:

''If you post an advertisement on Wikipedia, they're going to remove it. But is there a reason why that same action isn't taken on ROBLOX Wikia?''