Appealing to fellow region-mates

[Todd McCloud]

 

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And that's the thing. Hileville may own the forums, but that does not make him this region's keeper. It can be argued that inactive admins could pose a security threat, perhaps, but what is a greater security threat: an inactive administrator, or an administrator who unilaterally removes half of the team without any consent, announcement, or opinion from anyone else, let alone the current team itself?

 

You're arguing in the abstract, but Hileville's actions do have a context. It is not axiomatically wrong that root admin unilaterally removed half the administration team. There is no way to protect against a root admin going rogue. That is simply the inherent danger of the internet. So we base our trust on personal relationships, and those are completely subjective and rooted within direct and greater contexts. This was not some dictatorial action. Hileville was not silencing anybody. Removing you and the others wasn't a political maneuver.

 

So, I'm sorry, but to me you're simply sounding like a disgruntled person insulted that you don't have power over TSP's forums. I think we place ourselves at a much greater risk by allowing a handful of people to be root admins on multiple GCR forums. That's a systemic risk. Some may view you as the most trustworthy person on NationStates, but experience should show us all that the centralization of power in this game is never a good thing. If you want to be a root admin, then TSP should be your home. That's my opinion.

 

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If it isn't such a big deal, why wasn't this put to a vote?

 

Look, I've been offered by multiple current administrators to become an administrator again. So let's nip that argument in the bud. That's not the issue here. Nor is it my business to be a root administrator here. I don't really want that. *All* I want is the following:

 

1. All retired adminstrators are restored.
2. Votes will convene toot sweet between administrators, either individually or as a group, to remove or keep administrators. Administrators may be removed, if need be, in the same fashion as they have before this topic was created.

3. A decision will be developed to remedy citizenship - administrators as a group need to hasten that process.

4. Talks will begin on reorganizing forums to streamline them (if needed). I get the feeling that these forums may be a little confusing at first for users - we should work to make them more user-friendly.

 

That doesn't seem like a big deal to me. To me, it seems like... acting for the benefit of the community. But I will leave you with this thought: If these four points would make all of this go away and make everyone (not just myself) happy, why has this not been done? Why is what we're going through now, with all the malcontent and mistrust, better than the above four?

 

As I said earlier, I don't have a problem with removing administrators. I have a problem with how it was done. I don't have a problem with improving forum security. I have a problem if someone decides how to do that for an entire community without any consent. This is not me wanting some kind of perk, or job, or sympathy. This is me simply doing my job, something I said I would do from day one. I don't need a title to do my job.