Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-4403232-20140402195642/@comment-4820209-20140408034417

173.58.251.107 wrote: Project Predacon wrote: 173.58.251.107 wrote: Project Predacon wrote: 173.58.251.107 wrote: So let me get this straight, just because this one guy happens to not be around very often, everyone wants to remove him from the spot they nominated him for? If he has issues to deal with, why not just label him an "inactive moderator", so that way people know to go to someone else, that way if he actually does have to step in if there isn't anyone else around, he can do so? Ragadorus' promotion came before nomination, he was basically put up there by one of the Bureau's or Admin's, without the voting process. Even so, there IS a difference between being inactive for 2-3 weeks with notification, and being absent for 4-5 months without any previous foresight.

Our fellow Mod, Kamikaze839, did just that, left a message on a Bureau's message wall, saying "I'll be gone for (this amount of days)" until (this day) and we filled in for him. But Raga didn't, and he left for a greatly extended period of time, something that was not foreseen here, and was talked about greatly.

Frankly, we did need him, as there were MULTIPLE nights where the chat was modless, and as Raga said, he could've filled in late at night, but didn't. And yes, there were incidents while the Chat was modless, meaning that we truly did need him. Granted, yes, we could've asked, but as I pointed earlier, a Mod shouldn't have to be asked to do something they were promoted to do manditorily, they should do it if they see that the place they run might be in trouble if they're missing, and they should manage their time responsibly. So why not go around looking for people who could fill in for him until he can actually devote time, by getting more mods, as opposed to removing one, and decreasing the overall capabilities of the wiki itself? Because the potential candidates for said job are really non-existant, except for a slight few, but then again, usually, any nominations usually get turned down due to "The already abundant amount of Chat Mods". It HAS happened multiple times. So "the already abundant amount of chat mods" is hypocritical given that there are incidents where this supposedly abundant amount of mods was nowhere to be seen when they were actually needed? If it happens multiple times, then it looks like more mods are probably needed. You're absolutely right, but the point is we need Mods who can actualy DO things. Not ones who sit in the back and don't help to solve problems, as many others have argued. Those people are either already Mods, or are a slim few of the chat who haven't been promoted yet. And I mean SLIM, like 1-2 people, not a bucketload, only a few.