Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-1309126-20160214210140/@comment-1309126-20160214225441

OluapPlayer wrote: I'm going to give my two cents here.

The whole thing of "admins are not authority" is just a thing people came up with to force a sense of equality. Admins ARE authority. They are here to enforce rules. I seriously don't like how this wiki undermines admins for the sake of making them look less than what they are.

Which brings me to another point. More than once have I been condemned for trying to enforce rules. If we have rules, then they must be followed. If we do nothing but create exceptions, all we have is an anarchy, and we may as well not have rules at all.

As for my way of speech, this is who I am. I am not going to admit people meddling in other people's business uninvited, even more when I'm involved. So yes, I'm going to tell you to fuck off, and I fully expect you to fuck off, not as an admin but as someone who does not want to be bothered for the sake of "lol i troll u".

Admins are authority in a sense, yes, though only on a wiki policy basis. Enforcing the rules is expected, true, but Admins shouldn't be expected to take an authoritative role if they're doing their job right, which is more than often the case. Users are equally expected to be smart enough to govern themselves, and that's the general harmonious sense we get on the wiki. Admins aren't undermined, though to me, admins shouldn't be expected to be treated as anything more than a user with a responsibility. They're rule-keepers, not rulers. Users don't want to be navigating in fear of admins nor should they (in an more extreme case) worship the ground they walk on. Thankfully no admin here demands that.

I'm sorry that I don't agree with your mindset, though I feel an authoritative stance is usually misconstrued as a negative one. To me, admins shouldn't order around users as much as they should guide users. But I can't accept an admin telling a user to 'fuck off'. It's just not right in my head.