User blog comment:PrincessHyperSkippy/Admins Attention!/@comment-5065259-20150625195312/@comment-452-20150626143243

Then allow me to rephrase: Nothing said in the chat matters to Wikia Staff if it is not seen by Wikia Staff (or one of their lackeys)

Since the parent comment mentioned Wikia Staff, I did not think it was necessary to re-specify this context.

In any case, what happens in any chat room is a matter for the admins of that chat room, as the parent comment also mentions.

edit: I asked Wikia Staff, who confirmed that global blocks for spamming in multiple chats only happens when it is witnessed by themselves or users in positions appointed by Wikia Staff, which is in line with what I've said in this comment already. I'm sure there are a range of things which Wikia Staff will globally block for if they or their minions see it.

But in the context of screenshots and things which Wikia Staff do not personally see, my point stands: Nothing Wikia Users said in the Wikia Chat matters to Wikia Staff unless Wikia Staff see it with their own Wikia Staff eyes or Wikia Staff receives a report from a Wikia User whom Wikia Staff appointed to some position on Wikia.

To further negate me having used a concise 6 word summary the first place, here's a much more verbose explanation of "Nothing said in the chat matters":


 * Nothing said in the chat inherently matters at all, or matters to Wikia Staff, as it is transient, and not really part of the wiki. Even twitter is more permanent than Wikia Chat.
 * Wikia Staff not accepting screenshots has less to do with "screenshots can be faked" than it has to do with "if screenshots are accepted, they will be flooded with thousands of screenshots of petty issues, and ain't nobody got time for that", but it's simpler for them to say "Screenshots can be faked" than it is for them to say "We don't give a tinker's cuss about your petty nonsense".
 * If a chat is empty, you can do anything - spamming, screaming "I'm 2!!" as loud as you like, or breaking any other rules - without repercussion, because the chat doesn't matter.
 * If the chat contains regular users, you can do anything you like, without repercussion from Wikia Staff, because what happens in the chat doesn't matter to Wikia Staff.
 * Chat Moderators, as previously mentioned, can block as they please. Including for no reason at all, because the chat doesn't matter, and Wikia Staff do not care if people are chat-banned for no reason.
 * "Chat Moderators" can also mean Wikia Staff when Wikia Staff are present, who can choose to block as they please. There are other user groups who also get "Chat Moderators" rights in the chat, but they generally do not have the authority to override local wiki policies.  (I've asked previously and had that confirmed, but I've never had the misfortune to deal with a non-local chat moderator attempting to block users, only one who tried to report me when I chatbanned him, which had no repercussions, because the chat does not matter.)
 * If what happened in the chat when they're not present mattered to Wikia Staff, they would simply keep a rolling log of all chats. (Which they already do, but it's only 10 lines and it is wiped when the last person leaves.)
 * The chatban and block systems are separate for a reason, if someone gets banned from the chat, they are not immediately blocked from editing the wiki, which is good, they're free to continue editing, because what happens in the chat as no bearing on the wiki has a whole. (Unless that particular wiki has a petty admin who decides to block them from the entire wiki based on their chat activity.)
 * Chat Moderators, or admins outside the chat, may take actions based on reports/screenshots, but admins are also permitted to block for no reason at all even without reports/screenshots anyway, so the fact that they're doing it due on a screenshot is irrelevant.
 * If the chat mattered, it would not be optional. Admins are not allowed to block all users on a Wiki.  However, Admins can simply switch the chat off at any time.  Because the chat does not matter, and Wikis can function perfectly fine without it. (Untested and unasked, but I also suspect that admins are probably allowed to ban everyone from the chat, although it's much simpler just to switch it off completely.)