Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3184244-20200117005313/@comment-34655799-20200120203345

Tycio wrote: Coco's been editing since 2017, so they can't be younger than 16.

That is a bold assumption to be making, considering no one prohibits people under the age of 13 to make an account by lying that they are at least 13 years of age. U13s are nothing new to this place; indeed, they're very much a recurring issue, even after the introduction of COPPA made staff and local admins crack down on them. I personally know wikis that shelter U13s despite the law forcing them to permaban them and report them to staff. Perhaps you should not feign ignorance of this just to stick up for one of your friends in the future.

Tycio wrote: Walking away is certainly one decent response (it can be easier to just follow other interests for a while)

Obviously, but here we're discussing what can be done to stop the abuse of power-drunk admins, not the best course of action for a blockee. Try to stay on topic, please.

Tycio wrote: If an admin is volatile then they might be calmer or more mature a month later, and the ability to step away and be productive elsewhere usually speaks well for a user, showing they have restraint, working in their favor if any future effort is made to appeal the issue to staff.

Is this supposed to be a joke? I've never known a "volatile", as you call them, admin, to ever change their tune. And why should they, objectively speaking? They've no motive to do so, since no one can touch them if they don't ostentatiously break ToU. Even then, it would take way too much effort on the part of the wronged user. They'd have to collect evidence, start a community discussion on the removal of said admins' rights and risk getting outright blocked for it (has happened to me in the past), email staff and then pray that the staff member who responds to their request is in a good mood that day. Not that that would help. In my experience, staff never get involved in this kind of situation, even with clear evidence presented, unless the entire community agrees on it, which rarely happens.