Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-5632187-20140108043555/@comment-124.181.128.95-20140123112346

... This is crushing news to hear. The admins try to appoint those who are seen as being responsible enough to look after the chat, yet to hear that one of these chosen few has gone against their duty is beyond disappointment. I believe I know who the culprit is, and as punishment, their mod status will be revoked until they have shown that they are trustworthy enough to become a mod once again.

Xero, I cannot apologise enough for what has happened. I was never notified of such a violation of responsibilty occurring, if I had of known, I would have acted. I accept that it is a case of "too little, too late", but on behalf of the admins, I wish you well in all your future endeavours.

To everyone else, Xero's experience has shown us that a process needs to be created for the promotion of a user to chat mod status, so that only those who are fully able and committed to uphold their responsibility to maintain the chat's rules are promoted. Potential criterion are that a candidate for promotion: These are merely suggestions, and opinions are welcome.
 * 1) must have spent at least one year as an active member of the wiki.
 * 2) must have made a significant contribution to the wiki.
 * 3) must pass a scenario quiz (which is generated by the admins, and asked in chat)

Furthermore, should a mod violate their responsibility, there should also be some form of a zero-tolerance policy, whereby the mod in question has their status revoked whilst an admin investigates the complaint(s). If complaints against a mod are found to be legitimate, then the mod in question will have their status revoked until they have proven themselves trustworthy. If the complaints turn out to be false, the investigating admin may decide what to do.

I apologise if I have come off as a gruff hard-ass in this post, but the abuse of mod privileges is simply unacceptable, and we must lay the firm precedent now, so that cases like Xero's do not happen again. We have struggled to climb to the top of the wikis these past few years, but now we must look after our community to ensure that we remain in this position, especially when we are on the brink of the release of DaSII. I'd hate to see our wiki fall behind once more because we cannot keep a reputation of a good community.