Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-233706-20150624014033/@comment-3417079-20150627080850

Believe it! wrote:

And what good will any of that do if RIGHT NOW the Wikia staff are outright stating that they do not get involved in wiki affairs?

So, this is what you do.


 * You contact wikia and explain the situation. Already have done everything described here. Have proof. (Screenshots, dates, etc.)


 * If they say "we're not getting involved," reply back saying "well, here you state:

"If the community is in agreement that the admin's rights should be removed, then it is a bureaucrat's responsibility to make the change. If the person being removed is themselves a bureaucrat, then you will need them to remove their own bureaucrat rights, or ask staff to do so. Be sure to link to the community discussion if you contact staff.

You can also contact staff if the bureaucrat(s) are not willing to remove rights. Again, you need to link to the community discussion, and be prepared for us to look at the situation carefully before we decide whether to go ahead and make the changes.

There is also another situation in which you might need to contact staff - if the admins delete the discussion page rather than allowing people to have their say. We will look into the situation and may ask the admins to leave the conversation in place for a set time. If they don't, we may insist and take action to ensure everyone gets their say."

'...given that you said that, what is the reason you are not going to help out? Since not helping out seems to be a violation of your own policy."'


 * Then you see what they say. If they say no, not helping out, perhaps ask if you can escalate the matter to a more senior support person.


 * If that doesn't lead you anywhere, there's not much you can do.

You can then either (A) use another wiki service, or (B) make another wiki with the people who were on the wiki with the dodgy admin, and fork over all the content under the CC-SA-BY license. Ensure you have better admin policies and systems for that new one. If the old admin is so bad, the wiki will likley have trouble thriving. And it'd take a lot for one person to copy over all your content from the new wiki.