Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24376429-20140313223855

Seeing as the community itself now has no say in the matter of whether or not a mod/admin should be demoted due to a defunct and unofficial rule so graciously quoted in this thread by Callie I think this needs to be changed.

First off the "rule" currently in place isn't actually in any of the site policy pages thus voiding it's validity when used. Second it essentially says that users have no right to bring up when an admin or mod is being abusive, instead we have to patiently wait for one of the bureaucrats who are inactive in chat to get on and listen to a bunch of users complain about things they don't know about. The fact that this was even proposed let alone actually enforced is preposterous.

I have come up with a few guidelines regarding demotion threads in order to help us all express discontent with users who possess user rights in the event that action needs to be taken.


 * 1) The thread must state arguments that are both truthful and backed with citable evidence.
 * 2) The thread doesn't show extreme bias against the user.
 * 3) The thread points out logical and well thought out reasons for the demotion of the user.

Additionally:


 * 1) The thread remains open for 10 complete days before closing.
 * 2) The outcome is based on a 3/4 majority.
 * 3) All votes must have a valid reason for supporting.
 * 4) Replies aren't removed from the thread unless they are completely off topic.

 