User blog:Klock101/Your opinion on something...

'''I am not here to name names. This blog post will remain name free. I want your opinion on this situation, and do not want to name users involved.'''

Recently I have started editing on a wiki that is in need of a major cleanup. I've done some work on extremely messy articles, giving them structure and order. I also designed a logo for them. However, the admin team there seems very inexperienced. In particular, there is one admin who was made a sysop just 1 day after making an account. Suddenly he introduces a rule whereby you need 700 edits to become an admin, and pushed for admins who didn't have 700 edits to be demoted to standard editors or rollbackers. It later transpired that this admin had previously vandalised another wiki under a different username, and was permanently banned from it. But that's in the past, and I want to look at his habits on his current wiki. He removes/changes messages from other peoples talk pages. He removed all content from the main-page talk page, and when I suggested he archive it, he said that was not the policy of the wiki, despite not consulting with any of the other admins. When I archived the page, he deleted the archive and set it back to the way it was. I then made a minor change to the homepage, rewording something to make it more appealing to new editors. Suddenly, he locks the homepage for admins only. I tell him it's better to leave it unlocked and he retorts with a snide comment about him being an admin and not having to listen to the opinions of me, a "regular user." I tell him that an admin is not there to dictate and that a wiki is a community site, and suddenly I'm being threatened with a ban if I open my mouth again.

As much good as he has done for the site, I'm not sure he knows just what criteria an administrator should follow. He seems to think that he can do no wrong and that he is better than normal editors.

Any opinions on what course of action I should follow?

(And please do not go and find out what wiki this happened on and who he is. That will not help anyone.)