Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5076341-20141124191243/@comment-1038387-20141126173739

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.