User blog comment:Sir Joseph Grey/Proposals for Reformation/@comment-3112181-20140102175154

I think a clause should be made concerning just how many people are in charge of the wiki. We really need to put a limit on it, because the promotion requests I see popping up left and right are ridiculous. It's no secret that the wiki's population has decreased, and therefore we don't need ten users with power when five would do.

If I were to suggest some numbers, I'd say never let there be no more or less than three administrators operating the wiki, one being a bureaucrat. Obviously having one administrator wouldn't work out; if there's only two they'd tend to agree with each other too often and nothing would get done; if we have four, it makes voting awkward; and five is just too much. Three seems like a decent number in that it keeps a balanced equilibrium of power and us regular users don't become intimidated by admins galore. As for rollbacks, I don't see why we should need more than two at any given time. It's essentially a meaningless position anyways; they're basically admins that can't ban people. For chat moderators, we honestly shouldn't need more than one or two. Firstly because chat isn't as frequented as it use to, and therefore there's not as much rule-breaking to oversee. Secondly, there's almost always an administrator in chat, and I don't think we need a whole SWAT team of people with special stars next to their names outnumbering us in chat.

On somewhat the same lines, I'd like to say something that isn't necessarily a request, but shouldn't hitherto be disregarded: ''when the hell did "he's a good, mature user" become a legitimate reason to promote somebody? ''Looking at all of the recent promotion requests, I see that everywhere, but sometimes in different words. Have we really stooped so low that all it takes to achieve any power on this wiki is to be "good" and "mature"? I know I said rollback is a meaningless title (which it is), but their vote in vital administrative decisions is still equal to that of an admin, and I want someone qualified to cast such votes, not random users who have just reflected nicely on the administrators by kissing their asses every chance they get (and indeed I do see that going on here). Promotions on this wiki use to mean something; they were a sign of a user's hard contributions and dedication to the wiki. Nowadays, it's more of a reward to users in the administrative favour.

Anyways, the gist is we don't need twenty-seven rollbacks and chat mods in order for this place to function, especially given our current "condition". I firmly believe we need to put a halt to anymore promotions, at least for the time being. I see a lot of promotions going around, but a disturbing lack of fanon being written, which kind of ruins the point of the wiki, and thus ruins the point of the promotions. Yes, I realise the game is closed and it's difficult to be motivated to write, but let's not forget why the wiki was created. I and many others are tired of the politics of the wiki.