Board Thread:Ask the Staff/@comment-26939370-20160307073432

Dear All SU Wiki Staff,

I've been on this wiki for awhile now, and I found a few flaws, now I know, no wiki is perfect and I don't expect this one to be either but throughout my time, I've been in the footsteps to that of a troll, and like every other troll, I've been blocked, and banned on chat. Now, the more I think of it, the more I realise that, those mishaps would not have happened if those flaws were not there.

Before we begin, I sincerely hope you do not take this upon me personally as this goes for all staff.

First and foremost, the Rules. Now, I have no issues whatsoever regarding the policy's, but what I do have an issue with, is the way things roll. Whenever the rules are updated, it isn't known. I'll use myself as an example, the last time I read the rules, it stated; "If a user or mod feels a user is underage, please clarify that you are not as this violates the wiki's policy." and I, assuming the rule still stood, asked the user and was then banned from chat for a solid 40 minutes. I was then given the chat ban message and when I read that I was "spreading lies about policy", I immediately went to re-check that I was wronged but to no avail, the rule was gone. I had no idea the rules were updated, it was not known on the wiki updates board, no mod or staff stated that on chat - at least not in my memory - and I even asked a few others if they knew the rules were updated, the majority of them said no. So if it wouldn't be too much trouble, please give a statement of some sort whenever the rules are updated. Thanks in advance. =)

Secondly, now I don't mean to call out names and I won't, but some of you rely too much on your feelings that it controls you. You forget the big picture. Whenever you're mad or not feeling your best, every single little thing ticks you off. You tend to act without thought, and as staff, you are as of a higher level than us meaning you are superior. Here's an example; There's a troll on chat and one of the mods don't like this troll. They will stop at nothing to get them kicked or banned. Which in my case, seems a little unfair. We're all the same equals, staff or not, we all have feelings. Now once again, as I have said, because of your title, that makes you superior and sometimes, things like staff ignoring users happen. I mean we as powerusers can't ignore staff for then we would be punished but on the other hand, staff can ignore us. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? Well it isn't fair. No one should ignore anyone even if it's that bad, you could always say you're busy or not in the mood to talk, they would've left you alone and talked to you about it some other time. Seems a bit harsh don't you think?

Lastly, I've heard that being a mod can be stressful and I respect that, but if it's so stressful, why not just get more mods? Now I know the elections are over but maybe you could make exceptions like sometimes when you are on chat, there might be users telling other users that they should be a mod, there might also be a few users who follow the rules enough to be considered a mod. Could you also make the rules clear to all the mods? One time, I was kicked for threatening a user but the next time a user threatened me, they were not kicked, or warned.

Please know, I have nothing against any of the staff. Thank you for taking the time to read this, if you did. 