Admin Forum:Do Wiki Founders have extra powers?

Many Users belive that wiki "founders" may do whatever they wish this however is not true a wiki founder can be demoted, they can't close the wiki without community approval.Abuse of their sysop rights will result in them being demoted, Wikia do not care if they are a founder.The Founder Tag is nothing more than to say you were the creator of the wiki, nothing more no extra rights over other burs and admins, just a title.

Would you agree with that statment? --Tama 63  18:45, September 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, because founders are nothing more than normal users with admin, and bureaucrat rights. And yes, I have seen sysop rights be abused. The Kool Egg... That Rox... That Rox Too Well  19:58, September 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't really get wikia's push to recognize the founder of a wiki. Many wiki founders leave the wiki before it is good. I know on Bleach Wiki, our founder made around 100 edits before abandoning the wiki and left it in bad shape. The founder is simply another admin to me.--
 * The Reason I brought this up is because some stubborn users on a Wiki I edit at think contacting the inactive founder will let them overturn anything they want --Tama 63  20:04, September 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is a great convo to take place...glad you posted it Tama. I'd like to address Godi's comment. I'm not so sure I would call it a "push" that we, Wikia are doing to recognize founders. We realized that both founders AND admins need support/guidance/tools etc. So we created Founder and Admin Central. You'll see us focusing on admins as well as founders -- not just founder specifically. But after I write all that, perhaps Godi you were referring to the 'founder' title itself? If so I can expand on that as well. --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:49, September 21, 2011 (UTC)