Thread:VEGANS-SavageSlayer/@comment-44827974-20200801180043/@comment-4826222-20200801221936

... Okay, let's do this.

First of all, the reason why I am less strict than the other staff members is mainly because I'm kinda inactive by now due to my private life becoming busier. Thus, I don't exactly see myself in the position to decide everything for the wiki by myself, even less to forbid people who are way more involved in the wiki and the game than I am to do certain things in a certain way. That's why we agreed to add more people to staff who are more active, and yes, now that we have more staff, we try to have some staff democracy, because honestly how weird would it be if staff would work against each other instead of together?

Secondly, staff members do have more power than normal users - you aren't used by us more than by Fandom in general for that matter. In the end, staff are there to decide over conflicts. Ideally, they do that while taking all opinions in consideration and trying to find a compromise that makes everyone happy. However, that isn't always as easy.

The wiki is changing - it has been changing all the time. I should know, because I've been here for quite some time now and I still remember the time when our most active users were two Russians, a Frenchman and, well, me. The bigger a wiki gets, the more power staff members get, simply because it gets more and more difficult to satisfy everyone's wants and needs and make everyone happy. Sometimes that does mean to become stricter just to maintain order.

Nonetheless, a point that I do get is the circumstance that certain topics that deserve being discussed by everyone are only being discussed on our private Discord channel instead of publicly. Now I would like to point that Fandom and wikis in general are not a democracy - we have a clear hierarchy, and as long staff members are somewhat fair when acting out their rights, it is solely their decision what is right or wrong for the wiki. Nevertheless, we should always work with our community because that's what wikis are all about. In that case, I do get your frustration because it may come across as if staff are forming their own community (which should not be the case).

All in all, I'd say that we as the wiki staff should try to keep content and editing topics on the wiki to be more transparent for regular users and give them the chance to get involved in decisions concerning the wiki, and only use Discord for wiki internal topics such as bans, promotions, demotions etc. You as regular users on the other hand need to come to terms with the fact that, in the end, staff members will have the last word - there should always be a discussion and you are always welcome to tell us your own ideas, opinions and wishes for the wiki, but in the end, it's the staff's decision.

I hope that my answer here is somewhat useful to this discussion and helps clearing up some points.