Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-74.14.41.165-20150824173506/@comment-74.14.41.165-20150824181132

Underscorre wrote:

I'm almost certain staff would not allow this to be implemented. As staff have said on multiple occasions, admins are free to moderate their own communities as they see fit, which includes being able to block for any reason without fear of consequences from Wikia staff. Surely doing this would just be adding consequences for admins from a group appointed by Wikia staff?

Additionally, some parts of this proposal seem absurd to me. For example, the charge of "Admins who turn a blind eye to some users being outright willing to take the rules into their own hands" seems unfair. Some wikis allow users to warn others, and you're saying admins shouldn't be allowed to run their communities as they see fit - if that constitutes allowing the community to manage itself.

While I agree with the spirit of this message as a whole, that admins should behave fairly, it should be up to the community of whatever wiki they're on itself to hold them responsible for their actions, not an external group. Some wikis don't think the rules for admins you have decided above are applicable, and no "one size fits all" solution to make admins behave fairly will ever be possible, since all communities are different. Thus, I oppose this proposal. Admins have become willing that they can do anything and get away with it outside of a direct TOU violation. There are admins who behave like tyrants for heaven sake. This Board will ensure that those admins are brought to justice. As for your statement adout admins turning blind eyes, they turn blind eyes to users who are in their goodbooks while pinning the blame on someone else. Is that the kind of person you want to be in such a powerful position with no one to control them.