Forum:Demotion of SpartHawg948

It wasn't supposed to come to this, but abuse of power has led to it.

It was clearly spelled out to the administration that they were held responsible for the creation of the new Chat Policy vote. SpartHawg showed that he had no interest in putting it up, and stated than any old user should be the one to do it. Why should we when I specifically called for the staff to put up the new vote? Why didn't Lancer or Commdor put it up when Spart didn't? Why did the administrators decide that following the rules were beneath them?

Nineteen users voted in favor of the new vote, and their trust was betrayed by the administrators not carrying out their end of the policy. Our own admin guidelines state that “Ideally an admin shouldn't be considered "in charge". The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the Wikia community.” As such, administrators are expected to follow the rules just as every other user would. Bureaucrats are given that title because they are expected to be deeply trusted by the community. If we can’t trust ours to accept and follow the rules he put into place, how can we function as a wiki?

This does not come from a place of spite or personal hate. I have been in communication with Wikia Support for almost a month ensuring that they were aware of the situation in the event anything drastic occurred. They were the ones who told me that I should put this vote forward, and they will be the ones watching to ensure that nothing goes wrong here.

Do not mistake this call of a demotion as a clear-cut solution. I certainly don’t anticipate that all of the hostilities will disappear simply by removing one user’s admin rights. This is about the principle of rules being broken by those in power, and that cannot be allowed to continue.

You may be hesitant because you are worried about what will happen to the empty B-crat seat. That is largely up to both the ME Wiki’s admins, as well as Wikia itself. However, if you feel that you are qualified for an administrative position here, and you will follow the rules as well as enforce them, feel no pressure to apply. We have five other administrators on this site who are almost entirely inactive, and it couldn't hurt to get some new blood in their seats. Not to mention, having more administrators would reduce the workload for those who currently hold positions. This whole issue is one that can be largely discussed, if needed, after this vote takes place.

Yea

 * 1) As proposer. --Mr. Mittens (talk) 23:23, February 19, 2013 (UTC)