Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4060139-20150207222550/@comment-30644800-20150207230057

I am going to give my opinion, but I don't want everyone attacking me about it and I don't want any hate considering I don't contribute to main space on the wiki. I also want everyone to know that despite past experiences with particular users, I don't hold that against them when I'm giving an honest opinion.

As far as bureaucrats go, I would be comfortable with Russ certainly, especially since he's had the rights for a while and has experience with the position. From what I know, he does a good job and fits well in the position, and he gets on when he can. Him not being able to come on most days a week isn't his fault, but I don't see it as a problem (and I state why below). I personally say he should keep his rights, and as he said himself, it wouldn't be cool to demote him when he hasn't done anything abusive with the rights and he's been well behaved.

I don't have anything against Zoe getting promoted particularly (making me neutral), but I think having two bureaucrats is enough for a wiki like this. Promotions aren't made terribly often and if a promotion is needed, there is rarely a need for someone to act on it ASAP. I think the status of the bureaucrats is completely fine, in my opinion.

I absolutely hate people acting like non-bureaucrats are the only admins. They would all be admins if they were both placed as bureaucrats, not just Game. They all have admin powers, and if there are few non-bureaucrat admins, that's exactly how it is; the bureaucrats are still admins.

I do think another admin would be handy. I don't think it's fair to promote somebody just because there is a small number of admins. I think BMO would be fine as an admin, personally, but I don't really know them, so I can't give the best judgement.

Patrollers, I think is fine so long as there is a good number of admins. Rollback doesn't affect the community much, so that isn't a big deal in my opinion. Chat moderator, I'm kind of indifferent on. There are times when there are a large amount of people moderating chat, but there are also occasionally times when no one is modding chat. I recall Game reported someone I also saw on chat before when no mods were on, which was during American school hours. Regardless, there are very often mods on chat, so I slightly sway towards the lack of need for it, but other than that, I honestly don't care so long as, like I said before, a promotion isn't forced just because people think one is needed.

That's my $.02. It's my opinion, and I don't feel like arguing with people about it, so please respect my opinion and don't try to correct me or change my thoughts.