Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5076341-20141124191243/@comment-25281192-20141126201455

Tupka217 wrote: It's Wikia's policy to allow local admins to block at their own discretion, and they only demote or unblock people with a community vote - because they feel communities rule wikis. Not so much in reality. There are definitely power tripping badmins. Or madmins.

However, as we reasoned on Ozu's recent blog, it's completely impossible to get the info from all sides and then determine which is correct. Both sides will be biased. Noone is anything but a choirboy. Add to that that chat's still ethereal, so whatever happens there is open range (IMHO, a major flaw in Wikia's chat).

The reason staff close down discussions is because they're utterly unproductive, and only make things worse. Things like that should be handled via Special:Contact. Sure, it may be impossible to get all the info, but if it's your job, you should get pretty darn close. Most of the whole wikia community if filled with crap, and most of the staff and admins don't do anything to reverse it. That's my stance and I'm sticking to it, no matter how many useless "special:__" pages you link me to.