User blog comment:Nausiated/The Convergence Crisis - A chance to Start Fresh/@comment-18172179-20160121024144

"You just have to want to put the time in to do it."

Sometimes, wanting to is not enough. I speak for myself when I say that I would love to dedicate all my time to complete aspects of the history of the DC Universe, but it is not feasible. There are other things we must attend to and this hobby, despite how much we love it, is very ungrateful.

As an example, tring to update and complete Batman's history from the very beginning until Flashpoint, is already a colossal task that I'm not even sure I'll be able to accomplish. And if I do so, it'll probably be a long time from now. And that only considering printed media. Now, trying to do the same with all the other characters over different medias for the sake of having everything indexed, is not possible for the group of editors we currently have.

Balance is not something you find; but something you create.

The DC Universe resembles the real universe in that it is constantly expanding and therefore there is always going to be new content coming every single week. This is what keeps people interested. That's what people want to know about and once they are "hooked", they might start digging in the past history.

We have to create balance by keeping up with DC's new content every single week and at the same time try our best to organize and index the past information. It's easier said than done.

It doesn't mean we don't want to, but it's more like we can't. The number of editors with the time and resources to fill in every empty page and update content is extremely minimal when compared with the influx of people wanting to just learn and read any information here. Most of the editors are focused in the new stuff because it is easier to keep up with that compared with Golden and Silver Age comics. To a certain degree it could be a lack of interest, but I believe it is mainly a lack of resources and time. At least, that's what I've reckoned from my experience.

Convergence would be a "Chance to Start Fresh" if DC actually made the old characters relevant and not just a gimmick to boost sales.

Having an encyclopedia of a company with 80+ years of history, run by a small group of volunteers who dedicate most of their spare time to keep up with the recent updates and try to figure out how to organize such content, (which btw, not even the company itself can make sense of) is not easy. If there was more people interested in adding content rather than in learn about the "recent novelty", then maybe there would be perfect balance. But until then...