User blog comment:Ducksoup/Why We Don't Unblock You/@comment-26258387-20150930201223/@comment-1251315-20151001114634

I have come across a lot of admins (who I call sysops because I hate the word "admin" on a wiki lol) who act like the community serves them, instead of the sysops serving the community. It does nothing to foster a good working relationship between the janitors/sysops and the userbase and only causes friction because the community doesn't get its voice heard. Sysops who think they're above criticism and can block a user because that user criticised them shouldn't be sysops.

And yes, the whole "sysops don't have to follow the policy they're enforcing" that occurs on some wiki's is stupid. They should be adhering to the policy as well, but many crats tend to just let their sysops do whatever they want and turn a deaf ear/blind eye to any complaints they receive about sysops misusing their tools. Never helpful, because it means you can't criticise bad decisions they make.