Thread:3primetime3/@comment-3225604-20160106121451/@comment-76.234.232.37-20160106203903

First off, I need to set things straight. I do not have any intention to harm your system, and I do not disrespect you and the community that supports it.

Why I made temporary admins is to show them that administrators are not "kings of the wiki" like one expects. Many good users don't apply for admin simply because the two-step process is much more tedious than you make it sound. Then they get bored and leave. We've lost many good users because even though they try hard, they will never get admin ranks because the old staff fills up the system. People also think that becoming an administrator is a whole lot different than being a regular user - much harder, much more responsibility. It isn't true. All of us work together to contribute to a wiki, no matter what rank users are. I promoted these 5 users so that they can see that, show them that it isn't hard, scary to be an admin.

Feel free to demote them if you want, but I want to give them an opportunity to see what an administrator can do. It is a beta test, after all. Some potential users have thought about administrator positions, but because of the system, they shy away. Your administrator nomination thread, as experimented, sounds really good on paper, which is why users support it, but then it becomes complicated, no matter how much we simplify it. If there is an overwhelming number of supports (maybe 90%) by 10 users for a nomination round on the blog post, no need for a forum. Simply promote him. Or rather, start with the voting round for all users. Opposes will take out the beginners, and this is days shorter than the repetitive system.

As I restate, it doesn't matter how many "admins" we have, as long as each do their job. Some partake on wiki affairs, some edit a lot. When they become inactive enough, they can be demoted. Maybe we can tighten up the inactivity policy instead of stick with the two-part system. We are a large wiki with vandalism trouble, so more admin ranks on trustworthy users is what we need. Even if users get admin ranks because of a sudden burst of interest, they can keep it until that interest fades. At least they are more likely to be here for longer. This wiki isn't dead during the night time for me, but it is during the day. I'm really the only one who logs in during this time zone to watch the wiki.

Yes, I promoted Rose to a bureaucrat. I'll openly admit to users. I tell people NOT to oppose any bureaucrat nomination because "three is enough." First, Lefty doesn't really log in as much as he used to, so that limits it down to two. But no one reads any of my threads and nominators threads, and they oppose every time they see the word "bureaucrat." Elsa maybe isn’t ready for bureaucrat, but this reason the community relies on to prevent bureaucrats from getting promoted is not legitimate. People who have been here for a couple years will not abuse their rights. I am looking for another one to replace me because I have the likes of retiring and demoting myself, especially when the school work is going to get much harder for me. Don't worry about Rose doing anything careless; he will not do anything rash and get in trouble. Rose is much more active than me, and we live on opposite time zones. He logs off when I log on, so this ensures that there is one bureaucrat on at all times. He also doesn't seem to be retiring at any point I see in the future.

P.S. We haven't proven trust to the community enough? We can bend our backs to them, but there will always be a problem. Forums, Facebook, Skype, anything will set at least one user off. It is human’s tendency to fight when there is peace, so users will never be happy with anything staff tries to do. Something will always be wrong with the admins and the bureaucrats. The community has changed since we've joined. Old users go, new ones come. Why? There are many things behind the scenes we probably don't know about.

Thank you for reading, and hope you had a happy New Year, Merry Christmas, and Happy Birthday! :)

-Primetime