User blog comment:Jam7/PLEASE READ -- How much trust do you have in.../@comment-1734566-20110307003230

Seems like these kinds of "admins vs. non-admins" issues have been coming up a lot recently. I honestly don't even know what started it. :/ Well, I'm almost always NEVER present at any of these major incidents that result in a well-known and renowned user on the Wiki leaving, and I was never truly aware of the fact that the admins are getting blamed. I mean, I can understand if they're coming off as a clique, what with the private meetings and all. Personally, I think that it's a total Yin-Yang: Some admins are very good, maintain a nice quality on the Wiki, are very honest and loyal, and do their jobs right. While others...Aren't so good. Yes, there are some who go totally inactive or maybe abuse their power...while, on the other side, there are non-admin users who are more deserving and probably should become a new admin, but feel like they will never receive this promotion. I really don't know.

Now, as far as the first question: "How much trust do you have in the admins on this site?" Personally, I trust the admins. They become admins for a reason, after all. I don't believe that the Wiki's in jeopardy or anything. Vandals are often getting banned quickly (that is, if any do show up), and pages that need to be locked are being locked. I guess the only thing I have to say is that some admins who are apparently in charge of updating the Main Page need to be more on top of it; recently, the FIs, FAs, and even bi-weekly FSs, have been going long overdue, even going over a whole week longer than it's supposed to. But, other than that, I think the admins are fine.

I guess there have been a few examples of abuse of power. I'm not going into much detail here, but maybe, when admins are considering the length of a ban, they should come up with a reasonable length depending on the crime. Maybe that would be a good idea: One of the admins makes an official blog or something listing all the different ban lengths for each and every imaginable crime that can be committed on the Wiki. Like, cussing at another user = 3 days. Or, vandalizing a page with inappropriate images = 5 days. IDK. I guess what I'm getting at is the incident that happened [what seems like] a long time ago between Freehugs and Zobe. I'm not taking sides here, but I do remember that incident and its lengthy aftermath clearly. Many people were claiming that Freehugs wasn't being reasonable and gave Zobe a ban that was way too long and unnecessary (again, ''NOT' my opinion). So that's something that really should be figured out more properly in case something similar happens in the future.

As far as the whole Musou bit...obviously, we can never predict events like that. We can never have a way of knowing for sure what's going to upset or anger another user into quitting the Wiki (either temporarily or forever). Does that mean we should ban playful jokes from the IRC? Of course not. But we should be considerate when we say certain jokes; I guess that's something that can't be controlled, and is left solely to the person who says it. In my opinion, we need to make the Wiki a place where the only way a person leaves forever is by being banned for a logical reason. We don't want this to be a place where well-liked users such as Musou are quitting.