Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4530750-20160228040801/@comment-5532691-20160229054021

Lor-break wrote: Makuta Teridax42 wrote: 174.5.178.84 wrote: So we delete everyone's pages we don't like now? I didn't realize this wiki was run that way. This makes me honestly wonder. I'll reiterate for, perhaps, the fourth time in this thread.

It's a community decision, by the community. The staff team is abstaining from voting or having any kind of influence on the matter at hand beyond sharing their thoughts, ideas and concerns. We don't have to like the decision the community chooses: we just have to carry it out. If someone isn't okay with doing that, then they're more than welcome to step down. As there have only been two admins to have thus far posted here, and one of them much more frequently than the other, let me add a third voice to reassure that the above statement holds true.

Despite what the administrative team may personally desire in favor of one outcome or another in this debate, it will ultimately come down to a majority of the community to make a decision. We will only enforce that decision that you make.

Do not accuse any adminsitrator of being tyrannical or attempting to abuse their power in this situation. We are still a smaller democracy in and of ourselves, and it was by popular vote that we, the administrative team, chose to open a community debate like this so that you all, both for and against any proposed outcome mentioned here, would have the ability to let your voices be known so that you could potentially make a difference.

My own opinions on this matter are irrelevant, and I won't be sharing them, but rather I ask that you, the members of the community and regardless of your standing, please treat the administrative team with less hostility than we're all currently seeing. I personally found it hurtful that so many seemed to doubt our integrity; as well, if I myself have ever given anyone the impression that I would potentially abuse my position, then I sincerely apologise. As mentioned in the opening post, we are the rsroleplay wiki's "janitors" and nothing more.

As a final note of the evening, I ask that everyone try to let calm heads prevail when posting here. Be courteous to one another, and respect those who post before you, even if their opinions differ from your own. A message written with respect towards opposition or otherwise will carry a great deal more weight than one blatantly made to bash or slander someone/something else.