Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20150125104941/@comment-4189499-20150125132235

Oh please, the insane comments were obviously an attempt at humour through playing on the terminology this wiki itself uses to describe level difficulty. In my own experience, insane is more often used as a friendly, joking insult thrown about among friends than as a true insult meaning to attack others. Idiot, on the other hand, is almost always used as a true attack (unless aimed at yourself or a really close friend when they've done something dumb). The firing comment is also one that's not expected to be taken seriously, showing an exaggeration of intended consequences against an anonymous entity due to frustration. Please remember that in textual form, all form of vocal tone is lost, making intended jokes seem harsher than they truly are. With this in mind, you could potentially take Darian's comments as serious, but given the circumstances it is more likely to assume that they were not. While I won't go as far as to say that only somebody seeking vandals to block would consider the comments offensive, I will say that the more likely, light-hearted comment situation was dismissed much too quickly resulting in an unjustified block.

Now let us examine Darian's final comment, the "So I don't have a right to support or oppose people now?" comment. While maybe not worded in the kindest manner, which is quite frankly understandable given the circumstances, Darian makes good points about the supposed double-standards the warner seems to impose. On the same line of thought, Darian does seen to be insulting the admins by suggesting that their power is getting to their heads, but quite frankly I think the comment was perfectly justified give the situation. Darian even ended the comment with a polite but firm suggestion to have himself and the other user just avoid each other rather than inflaming the argument further. Maybe not the most kindly written response, but it shows a level of maturity which many other users lack.

Now let's look at Rose's comments. I will unquote and comment when necessary.

"Oh okay, thanks for insulting me, Darian." Sarcasm, obviously intended as an attack on the other user. "I also hear you're being rude to everyone, especially Cjay, and a user reported me about your behavior. You wish no way to change your behavior on this wiki." No proof of this. Actually, no links to proof of any of this. "Because of this, you're considered as detrimental users, and you're now blocked INDEFINITELY!"

Cue the all-caps rage.

"PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE DON'T NEED YOUR STUPID SOCKPUPPETS!" Unreasonable accusation, assuming the user would create sock puppets with no evidence. Especially bad accusation as sock puppetry is a serious violation of policy and the false accusation of such is not only rude and insulting but also shows how little you respect the ability of other users to act in a reasonable way. "YOU IDIOT" need I caption this? "COME HERE JUST TO INSULTING US! THIS BLOCK IS NOT HARSH AT ALL! I'VE HAVE BEEN GIVEN YOU SO MUCH WARNING!" This claim is rocky at best, given the unreasonable interpretation as bad for the comments which did get a warning.

Other things to note about the comment: the user, Rose, makes it blatantly clear that their message is an attack on the other user. There is no possible interpretation of the message being written as anything other than an attack on Darian. Especially compared to the comments which Darian made, Rose's response is many times ruder, more insulting, and uses many enraging features such as caps-lock and direct insults. Pair this with the ridiculous infinite ban and it should be clear to all that, if anything, it is Rose who is making the attacks in this situation.

I'm not here to make friends; I'm here to do what I can to help this wiki run smoothly. My first interactions with this wiki were to help users and founder communicate and cooperate, and I will not hesitate to call out what I see as incorrect behaviour in any user, regardless of longevity of editing or status on the wiki. I would like to mention that we had an admin on the Doctor Who Answers wiki demoted because they gave out numerous short, unjustified blocks as it was an anise of that admin's power. While I may not be the best one to comment here, due to relative inactivity, especially in the mainspace, it seems from the evidence provided that many of the users here should take a calmer approach to vandalism, minimising the blocks, and stop attacking newer users who aren't used to this wiki's policies and tone. You never know if the person you just infinitely blocked for a badly worded comment might have gone on to become this wikis best user in the future if you had given them a chance. Assume good faith, grow a sense of humour, and maybe I'm being unnecessarily harsh right now, but these are my completely honey opinions of the situation.