Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-27547895-20160201202203

'''This is an open discussion. Feel free to skip the messages between myself and Wikia support, and skip to the point at the bottom.'''

I recently sent the following message to the Wikia support Staff: 

''Currently, there is a very active admin on the Teen Wolf wikia page. I'm grateful for that, and he does a great job in many ways, but because there is only one, it causes some really big issues. ''

To put my request upfront: I'm not asking for you to strip him of his admin position, I am only asking that you place someone else in an equal position to prevent him from continuing to act like a tyrant.

''The biggest issue is that there are no real checks or balances on the admin's authority. We're currently having the issue in which the Admin is placing his headcanon into the canon information pages. I've made numerous attempts to reword the page to make it more accurate, I've discussed this directly with him, and I've made my points very clear. He refuses to admit fault, though no one else has spoken in agreement with anyone other than myself. ''

''Furthermore, he arbitrarily chooses when to delete threads or posts made under the "False Info and Speculative Discussion" forums based on what he deems is in any way fanfiction or headcanon. He sometimes does this in the very same threads that he states his own headcanon as canon. He often acts like a childish tyrant, who thinks himself infallible and does not care what anyone else thinks.''

''I generally do not complain, but I've personally reached my limit with his control and power issues. I don't want him to lose admin authority, because he does do a great job in many ways. However, we need someone else in an equal position to prevent him from acting however he feels without consequence, or, at the very least, balance.''

Thanks for your time, and I look forward to resolving the issue with the admin on this wikia.

- Jake aka HolyDrumstick

This is the response I received:

Hello HolyDrumstick,

''Thanks for contacting Wikia. We generally don't interfere with bureaucrats promotions or demotions unless it's clear that there is a community consensus to do so.''

''In most cases where users aren't happy with how their bureaucrat is doing their job, they will vote to demote them. If you don't think that's quite necessary in this case - and since you probably know that not having a single bureaucrat is a big disadvantage for a wikia - the situation is a bit more tricky. If you wish to get community agreement for the promotion of second bureaucrat, we suggest you hold a public discussion on your community (open to all community members) asking if they agree, and who they'd nominate.''

''However, even if the community agrees with you and decides on who would make the best candidate, your bureaucrat can still veto that decision. They are the only person who can promote that second bureaucrat, and if they don't want to, they can't be forced. Should that happen, you might need to vote to demote this bureaucrat after all, since that is a sure sign they're probably not acting in the community's best interests.''

''Once there is a community agreement on demoting that single bureaucrat, you can send us a link, and we'll do it for you. When that's done, any community member can put in a request to adopt the wikia as the new bureaucrat - and if they have their community's support behind them, that request will be granted.''

Best of luck!

Eva Niroomand

Community Support Manager

'''So, this is an open discussion. Rather than first voting if Paul should or should not promote another admin, and then waiting for him to refuse to do so before we vote to demote, I'm going to roll it all into one discussion.'''

Please vote for one of the following:

* Have Paul maintain his position and promote another admin (Please name the user you would like to see promoted, if you have a preference).

* Demote Paul, and place another, single admin in his position (Again, name the user you would like to see in his position).

* Keep things as they are.

* Something else you've thought.

'''Please feel free to discuss this openly, without repercussion. Remember, regardless of Paul.rea's position, he is only a user, and in no way owns this wikia, regardless of what he says.'''

'''Thank you all. Hopefully we can resolve the many issues people have with Paul.rea, without creating too many hard feelings.'''

Cheers. 