Board Thread:Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki/@comment-424719-20150404012154/@comment-5774380-20150412032709

I've been thinking how to write this answer without constantly repeating "as I already said...". Since we are apparently talking in circles and discussing the same things again and again, I'm going to clarify my point of view as best as possible and let the community decide.

First, the case against Hfc2x which started everything was based on false claims. PrelateZeratul repeatedly accused him of "abuse", "harassment" and "violation of the terms" and tried to use the rules to punish him while the rules don't apply outside the Wiki, and such abuse never existed, they were just tweets in his private account and comments to Gourgeist that the latter was secretly forwarding to PrelateZeratul and made him feel offended. The random blocking of Gourgeist was stupid on Hfc2x's part but trying to justify a demotion and blocking with that is ridiculous, the blocking was reverted literally 3 minutes later without consecuences and at most it deserved a serious warning; and that was not one of the reasons he accused him for anyway (he didn't even remember that), his true accusations were personal issues masqueraded as violations.

Second, when PrelateZeratul said that Hfc2x removed him from Skype and refused to talk to him he never specified that it was because he was pestering him ad nauseam. Hfc2x reveals that when he says that he stopped talking because he made him lose his patience, something that not just him, but also NeoSuperior, me and even the Wikia Staff have experienced. Even before that, when Gourgeist is persuading Hfc2x to promote PrelateZeratul as admin, he reveals that he does that because PrelateZeratul was "bugging" him, "acting as a spoiled brat" and that "all he [Gourgeist] wanted was peace".

If I'd have in Hfc2x place, I never have promoted as admin to such a conflictive person just because he was insisting; though this probably wouldn't have stopped him anyway, because when he showed me the e-mail where him and the Wikia Staff discussed about Hfc2x demotion, I noted that it was received on January 23rd, the same day he became an admin, meaning that he have contacted them before and wanted to get the position on one way or another.

In the end, these claims were personal matters deceitfully presented to be passed as violations, where not just the accused part was to blame (and not for the accusations claimed against him), and where the community had nothing to do. Note that all this time we've been mostly talking about "this person said [on Skype or Twitter]" and not "this person did [on the Wiki]", reaffirmation that this was a personal matter and we shouldn't be discussing about it in the first place.

Third, the method he used was not objective nor impartial at any level. Posting his own version of the events, inserting a poll and allowing people to vote without even giving time to the other person to defend themselves is a clearly biased and manipulative format, and its results shouldn't be considered as valid. Even in this same thread, a user just showed up before I posted my answer, voted without knowing anything, and then dissapeared. To be taken seriously, opinions should be made well informed as I always advise, not in that way.

The part of the polls was especifically disapproved by the Wikia Staff several times but he included them anyway, and restored them when another admin removed them, accusing him of being "contra-productive to an open discussion" and "obstructing the process". Polls are not allowed because they tend to drive the opinion of the participants and will never be accepted as a legitimate vote. Also, informing that he planned to open another poll if the accused was declared "guilty" could unconsciously lead people to think that his "crimes" should be really serious.

The fact that PrelateZeratul keeps ignoring all these holes in his methods makes me think that he doesn't know or overlooks how to run a fair discussion, and the worst thing is that this was not any discussion, it was intended to remove and block the only active admin and bureaucrat besides himself.

The thing of the siblings is another suspicious factor, and I mention it because it directly influenced the process. I already pointed that PrelateZeratul was talking with the Wikia Staff about Hfc2x demotion even before becoming an admin, meaning that he knew all along what to do. Just a few days after that e-mail, his siblings arrive to the Wiki consecutively and begin to participate. Three weeks later, when they have fulfilled the requirements to join the discussion, the poll is open and the three are the first to vote even before Hfc2x posted his answer. One of them, Do1ball, barely did nothing apart from siding with PrelateZeratul in all polls and then vanishing.

When I talked with the Wikia Staff about these events, they warned me that this behavior is not natural even among siblings who have accounts in Wikia. In any case, and putting speculations aside, such voting involves a conflict of interest that yet again discredits the legitimacy of the process.

In conclusion, we have a user who accuses people for false claims twisted to be adjusted to the rules when they have nothing to do, and who then try to decide them using unfair processes biased to his favor. These actions and more that I explained here were the ones why I considered that he is not fit to be an admin.

About the adminship position, I always refer to it as a "responsibility" or a "duty", since that's how I consider it. It's not something that someone deserves, it's a responsibility that is assumed, an important position that is entrusted to some person in the hopes that they're prepared enough to use it properly. And for what I've seen of PrelateZeratul, it's evident to me that he's not prepared nor trustworthy to assume those responsibilities, since he has exhibited terrible lacks of judgement at the time to take actions.

The same rules that he continues to refer state that they should be approached with common sense, and that's how I think. I'm not the kind of person who does actions without caring of the effects, I always act using common sense and considering causes and consecuences. And the consecuences of letting an unfit person to take a position of responsibility are not something to simply ignore.

However, I've been told that I'm not the one to decide that, so I will let the community choose the best course of action; but be aware that you're not just deciding about the status of a user, you're deciding about the main position of the Wiki, and that decision will affect the course of the whole site. Do not make an uninformed or uncaring choice, consider the consecuences and what you believe is best to the Wiki.

I don't have much to add, and most of what I might say is already said, so I will refrain from this discussion until further notice and leave the rest to the community.