User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-452-20121025235412/@comment-5559797-20121025235751

"When I was a new user, I made a complaint about a tyrannical (as per definition: Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behaviour) admin, and I got the standard response of "feel free to make your own wiki if you don't like it".

Exact same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. It just sucks to get blocked by some random tyrant throwing a tantrum. What sucks even more is that nobody can do anything about it. You have to abandon the wiki you like just because of one random individual who thinks he's boss. It doesn't work like that, or at least it shouldn't.

"Thanks to the standard behaviour on most forums, the titles "admin" and "moderator" have become synonymous with "people who you do not disagree with or you will be banned", so perhaps the title "admin" should be changed to "Helper" or "Janitor", just to take the implication of importance away from the position."

That's what i'm talking about. That would work a lot better.