User blog comment:ZoshiX/Character Ownership/@comment-3293097-20150901001518

Ludi's point resonates clearly, and, while at first it may seem contradictory to that idea, I would rather get rid of this page. Let me explain why.

The dynamic of characters in a creative community is constantly shifting and changing, and for one person (me in this case) to construct a bunch of theoretical chalk lines between everyone and to not have people instead discuss among themselves who owns and is ok with what, I feel it is discouraging cooperation and collaboration among users, which, for the longest time made the site a really fun and powerful creative powerhouse.

To be clear, certain characters will still belong explicitly to certain users by virtue of creation. It's just that this page feels very much like something trying to separate everyone more than they already have been over the past few months of melodrama, an idea I'd like to phase out as much as possible. So, let me know how you all feel.