Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25979511-20180129192821/@comment-3218221-20180202115801

If you think after all that, the community hasn't thought this through... I once again urge you to critically reflect on everything you've said and done not just on this wiki, but on all the wikis you claim to administrate.

Let us make this very, very clear: this is a vote for Chrome to adopt the wiki. This is not a 'mere repeat' of October. Like I said, "lasting change must happen one way...or another" - and this is the other way we're doing it. You didn't change after October. You didn't start editing more regularly, didn't 'step up your game', you continued behaving the way you've done for years, and years, and years. This is a vote, not a negotiation.

Your point that Chrome's message "seems to indicate" that she "[does not] have the time to do admin tasks," while incredibly transparent, is not inherently without merit. However, it is quickly made moot for a myriad of reasons - including some that have been voiced in this thread. First, you'll notice that Chrome has been contributing and administrating, in fact, while also being a working adult. Second, Chrome actually left an advance warning on her profile when she knew she'd be going through a particularly busy period in real life. I did the same thing on the Baccano! Wiki when I was on two archaeological digs (and even then, still contributed).

See, people and communities are often perfectly understanding when this sort of thing happens. We all have real life obligations. It only becomes a problem if you don't warn about/explain your circumstances, or - if it's something more longterm - don't take steps to compensate. You constantly disappear for weeks upon months with no satisfactory reason. Chrome, even with work, does not.

Here's what this boils down to, Sxerks. Lack of action says as much about someone as action does, and this applies to both you and Chrome. Watching the Recent Changes logs, watching her contribute and actively think about the wiki versus radio silence from you – through simple observation and discussion, one raelizes that:

You do not have a vision for this wiki. Perhaps you once did, but now you do not. Chrome ''does. ''She has constant ideas for improvements, to-do lists, and actively collaborates with other users in discussing ideas for the wiki. Where I look to Chrome and see progress, I look to you and see stagnation. Your track record has always been stagnation, and the same applies here. I see no passion for Durarara!!, or for the wiki - and before you argue that 'one does not need passion to be an admin', I'll preemptively disagree. Even if that were the case, it still leaves an impact on the readership. Chrome has more passion than you do, and people will notice.

Think. Is this harrassment, or is this you perhaps uncomfortable in the face of some inconvenient truths? No names have been called, no bones have been broken. This is logs and statistics, this is your track record as documented in contribution logs and message walls, this is you acting in hypocrisy. This is the result of your repeated willfull deafness in favor of sticking to your own status quo.

When a community clearly sees that their founder/sysop cares more about his status than either the source material or the wiki, then that's incredibly disheartening. You do not inspire. That is the most tragic thing of all: you do not inspire. It is demotivating when an admin so clearly does not care about anything beyond his status and what he can control.

When one goes unchallenged, or continues to scrape by when challenged, it is easy to think that the status quo will always remain the status quo. It is easy to not take the concerns of a community seriously. If October was not the wake-up call you needed, perhaps this is it.

We appreciate everything you've done, but you are no longer fit to grow the wiki. I do not think you really want to, as it is. It is time for someone else – someone who does care, who does have a vision – to assume the role in your stead.

Edit: I see you've gone and done a stealth removal in which you've removed Chrome's highlight of this thread. That is incredibly underhanded, and very poor conduct of a sysop. Trying to minimize the amount of attention this thread has because people are speaking out against you is foul play.