Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-233706-20150624014033/@comment-452-20150626122020

Believe it! wrote:

So then what good is the Wikia staff when users who attain admin privileges abuse those powers, violate the spirit of the wiki, break the rules, violate the user conduct agreement, and do so with impunity? What good is a community who allow admins to abuse their powers?
 * Who elected these admins?
 * Who created rules limiting their abuse of power?
 * Who created rules against blocking for no reason?

Wikia grant communities managerial autonomy. Just like in real life, lack of rules always leads to fascism. If the community elected a loose cannon and did not establish rules to govern them, it is that community's fault when the admin does whatever they feel like. Believe it! wrote:

And no, the communities don't own their wikis. The admins do. The admins own all the user pages too, since they can block users from editing their own pages. Users can't even vote to remove an admin. The admin can simply delete that motion, or ignore the vote completely and refuse to give up their own power.
 * Admins do not own the wikis. If the admin has made a statement that admins own the wiki, then politely ask Wikia Staff to inform him otherwise.  (Or ask that question to Wikia Staff here on Community Central, and link the admin to the reply.)
 * Admins are not allowed to remove votes about them - if this has happened, report it to Wikia Staff.
 * Create a blog post named "Creating a set of rules for admins to follow", and suggest some sensible basic rules. When he deletes the blog post, inform Wikia Staff.

Believe it! wrote:

Admins are supposed to correct coding errors, prevent vandalism, and maintain peaceful discourse among users. Woah, cool! Where does it say this? Since I was thrust into an admin position, I've been searching for somewhere that actually says what admins are supposed to do, and have never been able to find it. So, please, link me to this magical place so I can finally learn what admins are supposed to do!