User blog comment:Sandra K. Sloan/Inferno Pendragon needs to be punished./@comment-44807868-20200412041009/@comment-44807868-20200413050945


 * Quite frankly the whole reevaluate line is just said to shut complainers up for a while. Just my theory.

I disagree. UCP is still heavily underway, and staff addressing the intention to revise the freedom of blocking policy emerged due to it; which hasn't been that long. It's a bit too early to dismiss it as a bluff.

After all, the complaints claiming unreasonable administration have always been there. It isn't anything new nor something that inflated recently; as such, I don't see a reason for them to suddenly take a dissembling step to alleviate the complainers.

Let's be patient and see staff decide in the end. Personally, I don't agree with the leeway often given to the administrators either so I'm anticipating it. :)


 * If the admin is the type of person who bans people for little to no reason, it is because they see themselfes as better than the person who they blocked, its all an ego trip, do you really think that reaching out to them will work?

Yes, not a big chance of success coming from negotiation with the administrator if the administrator truly is abusive.

However, about most of times when I observe the matter behind someone complaining to have been blocked for no reason, it so turns out there was indeed a solid reason that caused administrators to take action and that the user is blatantly refusing to see their own fault.


 * [...] and often results in the admin claiming harassment and then ironicly getting the staff here to perma ban the person across fandom ( yes, the staff DO listen to complaints of admins but not non admins )

That only ever happens for a good reason: e.g. if the user is harassing or even threatening the administrator across several wikis. That's an unacceptable way of dealing with the situation, which doesn't help the user's side at all either.

Also, while there's a leeway, staff don't always refuse to intervene for non-administrators. There've been plenty demotions of abusive administrators done by the staff based on the community consensus in favor of it.