User blog comment:Lord Andrew Mallace/Demotion Request: G-man./@comment-3524871-20160504140927/@comment-3112181-20160504174412

"I do next to nothing for the community? I handle all of the coding on the Wiki, moderate chat, run the Wiki's bot, create articles and stories, participate in discussions and votes, and even create votes. We all know that this argument holds no weight. I don't sit in chat and "say how much I want my next demotion request"; I don't "want to be demoted". I simply tell users to voice their opinions and create votes because all of the time people are scared to do so. Don't mistake my support for raising concerns for a demotion craving. Contemplating when my next demotion request will be? Sure, and it's basically a meme now considering I've had 10. It's a joke that comes along every so often, but it's far from the only thing I do on this wiki."

Thank you for handling the coding; of all users here, I have no doubt that you fulfil this duty the best. I mean that genuinely. However, coding is also a duty that can easily be carried out by any member of staff. Your role is president, which, being the highest attainable position on the site, comes with a myriad of extra responsibilities, both social and technical. No matter how much work you do for the wiki "behind the scenes", being president still requires you to be a strong figurehead and boost morale, neither of which I feel you've done. As for your activity, I know I haven't been back for very long but I have seen you make very few legitimate good faith edits, and I can't remember the last time you contributed serious content (embarrassing items like this certainly can't count).

"In my opinion, 2011 was a better time. We had more activity, it was our golden age. Why else would it be called our golden age if it wasn't the best time the wiki had? The only comment I'm going to make about the "wiki layout" is that the response generated from it was positive. The theme is not an issue, and you are only including it because you need some filler. Truly, I don't know how I came this far. That has nothing to do with my ability to lead the Wiki, just more filler. We do need to generate more activity, and I have done things to generate it. I encouraged the writing of new stories. I had you bring back the Wiki Newsletter, which you haven't worked on yet. I brought forward the vote to legalize RP on the Wiki once more. I've done more than anyone here to help bring back activity, the community won't latch on though. In order for activity to be brought back we need to act, the issue is that nobody wants to. I've tried, and I'll keep trying, but in the end it's up to the community at large."

I want to focus first on the last sentence you said here. I don't think you've really tried. In fact, multiple times I can recall you boasting about how little effort you put into the wiki. But besides that, you're also incorrect in saying that activity relies solely on the community; the success of our site stems from a system of admin-user cooperation, and, seeing as where we are, I'd say we're lacking in that regard. In fact, I'd say you've done the opposite of boosting activity; the negative vibe and bizarre, irrelevant memes/pictures you bring to comment threads discourages people from writing. I can't say much about the theme, though I am curious as to why it's May yet our site is still experiencing snowfall. Little things like that give off the impression that this wiki is neglected. Also, did you really say 'We do not need to generate activity'? Isn't that the whole point?

"We all display levels of immaturity, but when it comes down to important topics I remain mature. When I enforce the rules, which is my job, I am mature. The responses I get from the enforcement are less than mature. Yes, I know that giving kudos on my alts wasn't mature, but it has no effect on the Wiki whatsoever. I'm mature when it counts, can the rest of you say the same?"

Yes, but the president can't be immature. He's supposed to be the one user of the wiki that acts with dignity and level-headedness 100% of the time, not just "when it counts". This isn't a situation where you can turn it around on the community and say "you're all immature, so I can be too". The juvenile way you act and respond to certain items (including, of course, your own demotion request) are hardly considered funny; on the contrary, and despite what you say, it has a monumentally negative effect on the wiki and only portrays it in a bad light.