Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27148182-20170328132831/@comment-27980194-20170330225703

Given some of what I've heard on the discord server, I'm slightly more comfortable taking a more firm position. If he replies I may change back to neutral.

Something I want to tackle is this idea that Blue can come back therefore we shouldn't really demote him. It just comes off as a pretty weak argument. Okay, sure, he can, though that's merely a possibility, what if he doesn't? I'm not entirely sold on this idea that he can all of a sudden pull miracle activity or anything along those lines to justify not demoting him. But, for the sake of argument, let's say he does become active again to the point of being satisfactory. Why then can he, should he be demoted, not just simply re-earn his rights?

There's this sort of leniency toward staff members and demotion and truth be told I'm not too big of a fan of it. From what I've experienced, it just leads to staff members holding onto their positions far longer than they have any business doing so. From the top of my head Otis comes as an example. I could name more, though that's wouldn't be necessary or prudent for that matter. With all that being said do we have to crack down on our standards for staff members this point forward? Not necessarily, I just feel that maybe we're trending in the wrong direction with this.

Something I would like to make mention of is, despite what you think about Blue's activity in general, what I feel is undeniable is in spite of all of that, he, no doubt, seldomly uses his patroller rights. So personally regardless of whether he should or shouldn't hold his chat mod rights, I personally see no reason for him holding the main wiki potion (patroller/rollback) of his rights.

With that being said I suppose the final question should be answered, should he keep his chat moderator rights? Personally I vote "No" in that regard, I personally think it's the most prudent to just have him re-earn his rights at this point.