User blog:Nalyd Renrut/My Official Stance on the Demotions and Other Recent Events

Recently, it was brought to my attention that an election was held to give an admin the power of being a bureaucrat. Leon won it and is now a bureaucrat.

However, since then, I keep receiving messages about controversies on here. It was my hope that by giving the new generation of users here some power, they'd be able to move on and not need to come to me to fix things. However, I've learned that because this generation joined the wiki with no clear leader(s), they may lack a guide to base their decisions on. So I wanted to make a blog to explain what the policy and positions of the wiki have been so that you all have this as a resource.

With regards to demoting admins, that hasn't been something we've done here. We've had admins become inactive, but in most (if not all) circumstances, they have been kept as admins due to their past accomplishments and contributions to the wiki. I feel that this tradition should be continued and the admins who were demoted get their powers back. Unless an admin is harming the wiki, they don't need to be demoted. The point of becoming admin isn't being the most active or the best at camps, it's to be a positive influence on the wiki and the community.

With regards to more chat mods, I see no issue with this. This is a relatively new feature, so there isn't much in the way of precedent. However, I believe that responsible users should be given this power, and once they abuse it they can be demoted. There's very little way to know beforehand how someone will user power. So remember this, admins, demote someone when they're making things worse.

And with regards to elections, they are never perfect. Yes, they are always a popularity contest. However, a disliked and disrespected admin will not be successful either. So it's okay for a popular user to become admin, but if they misuse their powers they need to be demoted.

And finally, to those of you who have been complaining to me about this, stop being so paranoid. If you come up to me and say "A lot of people are mad," that doesn't help me. I need to know who specifically is involved. Also, don't say "This person might not do a good job" because you simply can't predict this kind of thing. So be reasonable and be mature about this kind of thing.

I want to have all of this settled as quickly as possible. Both sides need to realize that the times are changing here, but also we can't be rushing into things.

I hope this cleared up some of these issues. I hope that the administration here continues to keep the community involved and work together to improve this wiki.