Board Thread:Out-of-Topic Threads/@comment-10412586-20140422090653/@comment-10412586-20140425093310

Cheese Ausar wrote: *facepalm*

How many wikis have been deluded by this matter? 'Kay, get ready for a big explanation.

Yes, they have a big power. But being one DOES NOT give you the right to "rule" over the wiki. Notice how immoral actions of admins are punished? It is true that an admin is just another user with extra buttons; to HELP the community, and not rule, enjoy special benefits and the like. Admins are (no offense intended) servants to the community, although not fully. I don't mean "servant" as in what the user asks, they must do, but I mean to serve the community and bring justice.

If your system (and probably most other people in this wiki) is true, Feedback, wikis would be based on fear of admins. A wiki's community is egalitarian, not an oligarchy. Yes, they do their best for users, but that doesn't make them gods or something. They don't have full control over the wiki.

That is also the reason why good admins are generally respected, but due to widespread belief that admins are the so-called "rulers" of the wiki, everyone's like "respect us a lot" or "respect us even more than others". The worst would be "don't piss them off". Users have great impact on what the admins chooses to do or not do, such as implementing new features and advice.

So...do you get this big piece of text? Well said, now my brain is slowing down.