Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-8-20181019220516

It seems there are a lot of disputes and drama here at the moment. I've had a couple of messages about this, and it seems you do need some help.

The first thing I'm going to do is to remove bureaucrat rights from the last four people to be given them - without full community agreement it seems.

I know there are two sides to all this, and a lot of strong feelings on both sides. But we need to work together to make sure this wiki has the right leadership, agreed on by fair community votes.

Unfortunately, this has come up at the end of my work-week. So I won't be able to be around much over the weekend. But I will call in, so I can answer any questions and check all is well.

In the mean time... bureaucrats: please do not promote or demote anyone, and only ban if there is clear vandalism or other simple case. That doesn't include someone being rude to you, or that you feel is being disruptive (but other people don't) or even that you feel is attacking you. Please leave a message for me instead.

Also, please don't take any major actions on the wiki until we get this sorted out, and please don't remove or close any threads that are about this dispute - again, ping me instead. Note that if anyone starts a truly disruptive thread, then I may block them. If it's bad enough, I may global them.

Everyone... let's keep it calm and polite. If you are writing a message that you wouldn't like to receive, then don't post it.

Thank you. 