Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-1267828-20131204035709

Hello. I don't know if this might be the wrong area to post this, but I really want to discuss this. So I apologize.

Recently, a user (whose username will be withheld) came to the CC chat, and somehow got a staff member to remove his block. These were his words according to why his block got removed, and he jumped on then stating a different admin (reference name henceforth Admin1) had unblocked him. We know Admin1 had not unblocked, as he had publicly, and rather smugly, admitted in a blog post that he had come and complained to a Wikia Staff member to get his block removed.

"so resently i talked to wika and now im unbanned the wiki but still banned from chat. I porved my ponit. They've also said it's only the wiki admins rules not their rules for wikia. any further notice that i am using the same ip im using. im using no tricks at all." (sic)

then proceeds to say in a completely different post on a different wiki because he was re-banned

"***** baned me for geting back on chat when somehow i was unbanned and i said "idk maybe ****** unbanned me?" and he banned me for a year. idk how i was banned but i was. i was going to ask you but he banned me." (sic)

NOTE: Stars indicate removed usernames.

I'm not trying to stir up trouble or state the Staff of Wikia are bad. but not a single admin from my wiki (me included) was ever even questioned WHY the block was given in the first place. I'd say he was just blowing hot air, but the fact that his block vanished without Admin1 ever unblocking him, nor any of us others doing so gives me concern and makes me believe he had seriously gotten a staff member to just remove it. Not to mention, he is clearly lying. He lied to whatever wikia staff member he spoke to to get his block removed I'm sure because he can't even keep his story consistent between these two posts.

What constitutes an individual just being allowed to have a removed block without any consultation to the administration team of that wiki? I realize we're just using the Wikia site that we have been graciously given free use of, but this individual is, and has been a serious troll on several occasions, and he just gets his block on the wiki itself totally nullified. The only thing that remained was his chat block which also vanished not too long ago because there's no record whatsoever of one of our admins ever removing it, and the chat block log only shows blocks, not block removals.

I apologize if I seem confrontational. I'm trying not to be. I'm just annoyed he completely went over our heads to get a block removed that was given for an entirely justified reason and succeeded. 