Board Thread:User Rights Requests/@comment-477304-20170417190140/@comment-1669199-20170418000050

Journalistic wrote: Myself 123 wrote:

Ultrasonic9000 wrote: I have been thinking about that, but it is hard for me to make that call. It is no exactly because his judgement calls are wrong, they are just hard to understand. I think the main issue is just how hard it is to get a proper answer out of him. The question is, do you think he's acting like an admin should? Absolutely! As a wiki administrator, I was assigned with several tasks to improve the Sonic News Network - and I continue to uphold this standard up til' today. Primarily, I supervise the mobile app of the Sonic News Network, as well as the social media division (named Sonic News Channel) and the overall look of both the Sonic News Network and Sonic News Channel.

In the past 4-5 years of my involvement, the Sonic News Network has seen skyrocketing changes under me. This wiki alongside with it's social media platforms has grown at a tremendous rate with my assistance. We are now the fastest growing source for Sonic news and information, with more than 2 million impressions on Twitter *alone*. On the Sonic SXSW panel, we were easily the most trusted source of Sonic news and information. Additionally, Sonic News Network's affiliates, Tails' Channel and TSSZ News, has greatly benefited from the work of the wiki and the social media platforms, thanks to my contributions.

Focusing on the wiki, I have done great things that this wiki enjoys to this day. I am responsible for the direction of the SNN 10 Years inivative, which saw the rebranding of the Sonic News Network and social media division, with my support. Plus, I have unveiled brand new features for the wiki, including an updated chat policy ruleset, a new home page, and updated the wiki to its festival colours for Valentines Day, Halloween, Christmas and April Fools. All of this was accomplished with my help.

Everyone knows that I am dedicated to this wiki. I have been brought back from a ban because the people knew that I was of great benefit.

"Journalistic was one of our greatest helps towards the wiki,"

"Journalistic was a hard working user who strived to make this wiki better."

There's so many things I've done with this wiki and I've poured countless hours to polish this great place. If I were to leave - god forbid being demoted- this wiki will suffer a staggering blow that everyone, including you Myself, will regret for as long as you can remember. I don't think you understand (or if you do, you simply don't care) what it is that people are upset with you about. You have made many great contributions to this Wiki -- no one in their right mind is going to deny this. You've personally made a lot of improvements that helped shape this Wiki for the better. Even I find your accomplishments worthy of praise and respect. But the behavior you're currently expressing is unbecoming of someone with your rank. You're acting rude and unapologetic to your detractors and treating any criticisms they're expressing about you, legitimate or not, as worthy of nothing but mockery and scorn, and you don't seem to be making any real effort to stop and ask yourself, "do my detractor's have a point? Am I in the wrong for any of this?" It's your apparent lack of self-reflection and the unfettered behavior you are expressing that people are taking issue with, and all you can do is mock them for it while saying nothing to assure them that you are actually listening to whatever they have to say.

And don't act like being demoted from your rank of Administrator is irreversible -- it isn't. As long as you aren't permanently banned from the Wiki for whatever reason, you can work to regain your Admin rights and earn back the trust of your detractors. You've earned back the trust of a number of your detractors before, when they managed to get your ban lifted. Speaking for myself, I don't seek to see anything permanent and irreversible be enacted against you -- I just think that you possess a mindset which, as of this time, simply makes you unqualified to be an Administrator on this Wiki, and I think that you should make an actual effort to listen to what your detractors are saying to you and think long and hard over whether or not they actually have some sort of legitimate argument to make against you. But if you simply do not care to understand where your detractors are coming from and have no desire to change anything about your conduct, then I'm sorry, but I at the very least will use this lack of caring on your part as further justification to hold my current stance on this issue.