User blog comment:LDR/Put your heads together, people!/@comment-5379655-20130205080103/@comment-4953843-20130205110955

hilariously inaccurate. you weren't really there phantom bootie slap, don't act as if you were.


 * 1) admins and most chatmods noticed a growing problem with users in chat failing to adhere to site policy. lancer attempted a solution. the ONLY solution presented, actually, since apparently NONE of the so-called "community" ever stepped up to police their own.
 * 2) lancer passed preliminary measure, shot down because it's too unreasonable.
 * 3) lancer passed amended measure, got all admins onboard, got all chatmods onboard too (except mittens since he was inactive at the time), and the few senior eds who had reservations were neutral but amenable to enforcement after some feedback.
 * 4) ygrain had the BRILLIANT idea to "notify" people who were otherwise inactive in this wiki, "asking" them to take a look at the proposal. twice. why she "notified" them on OTHER WIKIS instead of at the users' talkpages here, why she "notified" users WHO HAVE VIRTUALLY NO IDEA WHAT THE HULLABALOO IS ABOUT, it is a mystery.
 * 5) a couple can be said to have responded directly out of being "notified", the others came on their own since they were the usual blog denizens at the time. see the voting result for yourself: Forum:Chat_Live!_Policy_Expansion. all in favor were actually aware of the situation, but those who voted "against"? (at least) FOUR of those were nowhere in this wiki before the fiasco. the others simply had strong opinions on the matter.
 * 6) bcrat and admins got wind of the situation, discussed matters amongst themselves. commdor previously blocked gethhavefeelings2 for a similar infraction regarding language policy proposal part N, and there's the precedent they used.
 * 7) ygrain "blocked" (is there actually anything lost? she doesn't edit the mainspace much), "issue" blown out of proportion by her whiteknights, and here we are.

now THAT, ladies, is what actually transpired.