Thread:Merrystar/@comment-31999953-20170807013134

Hi, Merrystar, my name is Profiler10 and I commented on Unsub-Zero's blog where he made a request to adopt the Criminal Minds Wiki.

Personally, I think it's something that should happen (i.e. somebody adopting the wiki), seeing as both admins have been inactive for quite some time now and in theory, Unsub-Zero IS an ideal candidate: he's been editing on the wiki for a long time, he's organized, etc. However, his conduct in his interactions with other users (genuine users, mind you, not vandals or trolls) leaves very much to be desired, which would be important if he were to become a bureaucrat. In recent months, there have been numerous instances that FANDOM Staff should be aware of before any decision is made:

Unsub-Zero shows no respect for any other users or their opinions and talks down to newer inexperienced users who are just trying to contribute. He makes comments in the summaries of his edits that some users find offensive. If he undos someone's edit, he gives no explanation most of the time, even if the edit wasn't an act of vandalism. Nobody gets any form of courtesy from him despite the fact that every time you go to remove an edit, you are reminded to give a reason for doing so. He removes most of the genuine contributions made to articles, without reason which understandably frustrates other users. And when somebody asks for an explanation or questions him, even respectfully, he gets very confrontational. He once removed an edit I made to a page with the summary: "I don't like you one bit" and I can include screenshots of this and other examples if you'd like to verify what I'm saying.

By this point, I had made several attempts to mend fences with Unsub-Zero so that we weren't arguing in the edit summaries all the time, which was what was happening at the time. This treatment was starting to feel personal, as in it felt reserved for me, so I contacted both admins (I was unaware of their extended absenses at the time) to try and resolve the situation and Unsub-Zero ERASED my messages a total of five times between the two talk pages because he knew I was talking about him in the messages, which I'm positive is against the rules of the wiki regarding editing another user's profile. It is not his place to delete messages from the talk page of another user, even if that user is inactive. This recently happened again with another user too, under the exact same circumstances.

Also, he is something of a plagiarist. A few weeks ago, it was announced that an actor who appeared in two previous episodes had been added to the main cast for the show's upcoming 13th season. I was the first to add the news to the wiki after I had seen the announcement on social media. But minutes after I made the edit, Unsub-Zero erased my addition and wrote it again, word for word, as his own contribution with the summary: "This news just in", making it seem like he was the one who was the first to add it to the wiki.

Now I will admit that this made me angry and I can understand if, at this point, all this might sound like I'm trying to sabotage him but I promise you I'm not because there is more. Just yesterday, he changed the definition of a key term used on the show, which also serves as a category for the wiki, without giving a reason for the change or consulting anyone else. And when another user removed the edit, he simply said "The definition has now been changed". This is not the first time he has completely changed a category or dictated to someone else. Again I can provide evidence of this if need be.

I do believe something is needed to maintain the wiki as it can only go so long unsupervised. I'm trying to think of all the other users on the Criminal Minds wiki when I say maintaining it is important but so is anyone looking to become a bureaucrat being able to respectfully collaborate with other users, which Unsub-Zero fails to do. However, I can't speak for others so I cannot comment on what other users think of this but I felt that FANDOM Staff should know all this before processing the request.

Thank you. 