Thread:Semanticdrifter/@comment-410580-20140830062309

I hope I have come to the right person for this. I understand this post is long, but please bear with me. There have been some serious problems lately on Fantendo regarding a user who has taken advantage of inactive admins to essentially seize control of the wiki, gotten those who disagree with her demoted or banned, and imposed extremely strict rules on the userbase based on her own preferences. The user in question, Toukolise, has been a member of the community for quite a while and has become infamous among more tenured users for her repeated emotional abuse and manipulation of members of the community when they fail to live up to standards she imposes, some of these even relating to the personal lives and romantic inclinations of other users. We strive not to offend or hurt her and are aware of her sensitivities, but sometimes mistakes are made. At some points, she has even been angered because a conversation with material that she did not like occurred while she was gone. On at least one instance she took advantage of an emotionally vulnerable user, manipulated him into hating himself for his sexuality, and eventually drove him to attempt suicide even though he tried many times to make things right with her. Most of this abuse took place on the wiki's IRC channel- we have a user in the channel who is an IRCop and support staff for the network Fantendo's channel is hosted on. She was present for many of these situations and willing to provide additional information or corroborate accounts, with logs when possible. We all firmly believe- from a position of concern for someone that most of us considered a friend at one point or another- that the best thing for Toukolise at this point is to pursue serious therapy for assistance with her issues, rather than remain online and in control of IRC or the wiki where she continues to insist on inserting herself into situations that she knows ahead of time will be triggering for her. Of course, as a Wikia staff member, you are not connected to IRC, but we feel that it is important that you understand the context of our problems with her and her history of abuse. In her endeavors Toukolise is supported by the users Marinasaka and 1337doom, both of whom are at points in their lives where they are considerably more emotionally vulnerable than usual. All three use their positions as a way to belittle the young userbase of the wiki, frequently banning them for expressing dissenting opinions. At one point Toukolise promised to pursue the psychiatric help she needed but reneged on her word. As her users, we believe she should be removed from power. As her friends, for her safety and stability, we believe she should seek serious help. We can only influence one of these actions but hope for both.

In short, please demote Toukolise and Marinasaka, and repromote former 'crat Shroobario (or myself) in their place. Whoever is promoted will retain power long enough to fix the damage done to the wiki, and eventually hand over administrative duties to a more active user. What follows will be the signatures of users who can and will validate the claims made in this post and support the immediate demotion of Toukolise and Marinasaka. Some users are likely offline as of this posting, so all signatures may not appear immediately.

~Cobweb

EDIT: As you can see, we've gotten a ton of signatures. The community is very clearly and very enthusiastically in support of removing them from power. If you do this, this conflict will be over immediately, and you'll likely not be bothered by us again.  