Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-36052213-20180802015552/@comment-32289854-20180802190542

I try to keep myself largely removed from drama between members of this community, but it’s come to my attention that Lokinatas has raised some issues of concern with Helel’s behavior, as an administrator both on and off of the wiki. I will first address the concerns presented on the wiki which show Helel acting as an unmitigated douchebag.

The first image is him criticizing a new member for providing an opinion and critique, which on its face does not look good. However, if you read the new member’s actual comment, you quickly find that the “critique” in the comment has zero substance to it, and that I feel was what Helel was addressing. He didn’t say explicitly “We don’t want you here.” He said, “You just made an account, and this is really your first comment?” Which is a polite way of pointing out the commenter probably didn’t think things through before posting.

Next up, I will address Helel “mocking” the user. He is stating that if she is triggered by certain kinds of content, then a HORROR/CREEPY PASTA website is probably not the best place for her to be. I provide content warnings when I’m introducing potentially triggering elements things outside of the wiki, because I am conscious of how it may affect people who are not prepared for it. I don’t on the wiki because I assume by default if you’re reading a story on a HORRROR website you are already fine with triggering content. Now, the rest of the users that dog piled on the conversation is kind of a dick bag thing to do, but also not quite something Helel can control 100%. He could’ve not egged them on, or he could’ve done what Cleric did and ask for them to not dogpile, but as far as I’m aware there is currently no rule against what happened. Now, I can’t speak for his relationship with Cleric, but from what I’ve seen is that Helel’s default nature is sarcasm with friends when he isn’t being serious. But the moment when he’s serious, he stops and full on says “folks, I’m wearing my serious breeches now.”

Now in regards to Helel’s comment on Humby’s blog. Was it dumb? Fuck yes. However, as others have previously stated (and even in the screen shot YOU provided) it was clear that there was a moment of confusion where Humby and Helel were not on the same page. Helel’s default mode is sarcasm between people he’s friends with.

Now, on to the moments of transphobia. I myself am unabashedly trans. I briefly left Helel’s discord server after he said something transphobic towards me. He approached me a few days later and apologized and asked what he had done wrong. I explained it to him and he asked that in the future I let him know when he’s crossed the line and he will adjust. This is not the mindset of a transphobe. Casual transphobia is a problem, and I agree that it’s something that needs to be addressed, but Helel has been very respectful towards me. He did call me Chuckles and a bunch of other names when I told him that I had decided that I was indeed a woman, but I didn’t quite feel like he was mocking me for that. It was a joke that went over my head, and I still don’t understand, but it was a joke all the same. Him deadnaming you is a problem, but I also do not know the context of him deadnaming you, so I cannot speak on that.

The rest of this is just a smear campaign itself. He linked a PUBLICALLY available and SHITTY thing that Slimebeast did and encouraged people to comment about it and let Slimebeast know that it was shitty. He acted in support of Banning in the following screenshot. In conclusion, at least as far as I can tell, Helel is a dick, yes, but he is not unfit to be an administrator. He isn’t kicking puppies and throwing babies into incinerators. He's doing his job, in a sometimes abrasive manner and I feel this is nothing more than somebody trying to get Helel demoted by stirring up outrage at non-issues.