Thread:Hey1234/@comment-4420257-20181121015916/@comment-4420257-20181129020926

Hi Hey1234

It's Lindsey speaking again on behalf of Val. Please know the question ("Exactly when do you intend on responding to this message?") about when you'd be responding was Val's. I hear what you are saying about Val's attitude but from what I understand, this was a six month ban. To me, this suggests that  the community had made a decision to ban Val for six months as a cooling off  period - at least this is what I understood from Silverflight.

If that's the case, it sounds like the ban was meant as a warning to Val that his behaviours are unacceptable. This also means that there would be the chance to be better in the future. If it's a six month ban, it sounds like maybe it should be a six month ban. I have no decision-making power here and I certainly am not suggesting that other users should be subjected to bad behaviour but I think there's another side that we're not talking about right now.

In truth, how many people have been as committed to the Wiki as he has been over the past five plus years? How many people have devoted as much time and energy into building up the Wiki as he has? This Wiki means something to him - maybe too much sometimes - but that's important. I'm not saying this excuses other things but this has to be signficant to someone who runs such an important part WIkia Fandom. How many fly-by-night users do you see come and go? Without that core group of dedicated Disney contributers, how many more hours of quality assurance do need to do to make sure the Wiki looks the way it's supposed to?

I think what I'm asking is if the community made a decision on a six month ban, they should stick with the six month ban. He's trying to be better and six years of history has to mean something. So, please reconsider and let's see what he can do from here.

Thanks

Lindsey